Definitions for "Stria"
Keywords:  furrow, streak, stripe, flute, glacier
A minute groove, or channel; a threadlike line, as of color; a narrow structural band or line; a striation; as, the striæ, or groovings, produced on a rock by a glacier passing over it; the striæ on the surface of a shell; a stria of nervous matter in the brain.
A fillet between the flutes of columns, pilasters, or the like.
Latin = furrow, applied to a streak or stripe.
A line on a valve, composed of punctae. If the punctae are large and well spaced the stria is punctate. The pattern and density of stria on a valve is a useful identification feature.
Keywords:  stretch, mark
stretch mark(s)