Definitions for striates

striates stri·ate

Spelling: [verb strahy-eyt; adjective strahy-it, -eyt]
IPA: /verb ˈstraɪ eɪt; adjective ˈstraɪ ɪt, -eɪt/

Striates is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 329 anagrams from letters in striates (aeirsstt).

Definitions for striates

adjective

  1. striated.

verb (used with object)

  1. to mark with striae; furrow; stripe; streak.

Origin of striates

1660-70; Latin striātus furrowed, fluted, equivalent to stri(a) (see stria) + -ātus -ate1

Examples for striates

Drupe ovoid or oblong, with a bony and grooved or striate 1-celled and 1-seeded stone.

Differs from C. fragrans in concave pileus with striate margin.

Differs from M. corticola in narrow gills, and striate not sulcate pileus.

The leaf-sheath is loose, glabrous, striate, margins not ciliate.

Evergreen diœcious shrubs, one to twelve feet high, with angled or striate branches.

Edge of pileus extending beyond the gills, pileus not striate.

striate, or striated, marked with slender longitudinal grooves or stripes.

Calyx ovate-bell-shaped, hairy in the throat, striate, 5-toothed.

In young specimens there are stripes and bands of violaceous brown, and the shells are striate within the aperture.

It is smooth, or with only a few remnants of the volva, striate on the margin, and 1—.5 cm.

Word Value for striates
Scrable

7

Words with friends

7

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