[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

stria \stri"a\, n.; pl. striae. l., a furrow, channel,
   hollow.
   1. a minute groove, or channel; a threadlike line, as of
      color; a narrow structural band or line; a striation; as,
      the striae, or groovings, produced on a rock by a glacier
      passing over it; the striae on the surface of a shell; a
      stria of nervous matter in the brain.
      1913 webster

   2. arch. a fillet between the flutes of columns, pilasters,
      or the like. --oxf. gloss.
      1913 webster
see also:
striae 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

stria
     n 1: 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 syn: striation
     2: a stripe of contrasting color; "chromosomes exhibit
        characteristic bands" syn: band, striation
     also: striae pl
see also:
striation band striae 

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