noun (n)

• 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(noun.shape)

  Synonym:
  stria
  

  source: wordnet30
• a stripe or stripes of contrasting color(noun.attribute)

  Synonym:
  band, banding, stria
  

  source: wordnet30
• The quality or condition of being striated.(noun)

  source: webster1913