striation

Words with a similar base: striation

'striation'

[stria.n.01] as in: 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

'striation'

[band.n.03] as in: a stripe or stripes of contrasting color

Examples:
chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands
the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps

Origins

					striation (English)
├── -tion (English)
│   └── -cion (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── stria (English)
    └── stria (Latin)

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