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stratified (root: stratify)
CIDE DICTIONARY
stratified, a.
Having its substance arranged in strata, or layers; as, stratified rock. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
stratified
assorted, cataloged, classified, filed, filmy, foliaceous, foliated, graded, grouped, hierarchic, in layers, indexed, lamellar, lamellate, lamellated, lamelliform, laminate, laminated, laminous, leaflike, leafy, membranous, on file, pigeonholed, placed, pyramidal, ranked, rated, scummy, sorted, spathic, spathose, stratiform, tabular, three-ply, two-plyROGET THESAURUS
stratified
Layer
N layer, stratum, strata, course, bed, zone, substratum, substrata, floor, flag, stage, story, tier, slab, escarpment, table, tablet, dess, flagstone, board, plank, trencher, platter, plate, lamina, lamella, sheet, foil, wafer, scale, flake, peel, coat, pellicle, membrane, film, leaf, slice, shive, cut, rasher, shaving, integument, eschar, stratification, scaliness, nest of boxes, coats of an onion, monolayer, bilayer, trilayer, lamellar, lamellated, lamelliform, layered, laminated, laminiferous, micaceous, schistose, schistous, scaly, filmy, membranous, pellicular, flaky, squamous, foliated, foliaceous, stratified, stratiform, tabular, discoid, spathic, spathose, trilamellar, graphitic.For further exploring for "stratified" in Webster Dictionary Online