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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Modern Latin
Origin: , past participle of striare 'to mark with lines', from Latin stria 'long narrow hole'

striated

 adjective
     
stri‧at‧ed technical
having narrow lines or bands of colour [= striped]
—striation noun [countable usually plural]
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