Definition for STRI'ATE, or STRI'A-TED

STRI'ATE, or STRI'A-TED, a.

  1. Formed with small channels; channeled.
  2. In botany, streaked; marked or scored with superficial or very slender lines; marked with fine parallel lines. – Martyn. Smith. Striated fracture, in mineralogy consists of long narrow separable parts laid on or beside each other. – Kirwan.

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