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striation
noun
a stripe or stripes of contrasting color
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 9
- Starts with
- S
- Ends with
- N
- Contains
- TRIATIO
- Scrabble score
- 9
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
Meaning
Definitions
noun
a stripe or stripes of contrasting color
“chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands”
noun
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
In context
Example Sentences
chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands
the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps
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