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striation

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Noun

a stripe or stripes of contrasting color
- chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands
- the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps

any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue

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Synonyms:
band banding stria

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Words pronounced/spelled similarly to "striation":
saturation striation striatum
Words contain "striation" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
striation ridge

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