—striation /straɪˈeɪʃən/ noun [countableC usually plural]
Examples from the Corpus
striated• The arms are about 3 times the diskdiameter, slightly flattened, all the plates of the arm are striated.• This is also the place to enjoy the most ridiculously tamebird of prey you have ever seen, the striated caracara.• A beautifuldish, it is more or less what it sounds like, stickyricewrapped in greenstriatedlotus leaves.• In some places, friction along a faultplane has produced polished and striated surfaces.• This was a striated world, filled with the colorful sounds of white, Cajun, Creole and black societies.
Originstriated
(1600-1700)Modern Latin past participle of striare“to mark with lines”, from Latinstria“long narrow hole”