striato-|straɪˈeɪtəʊ|used in Zool. and Bot. as combining form of mod.L. striātus, prefixed to adjs. in the sense ‘striate and ―’, as striato-crenulate, striato-echinulate, striato-nervose, striato-punctate, striato-reticulate, striato-rugose, striato-tubular.1850W. King Permian Fossils 9 Arborescent plants, having stems with a large pith encircled by a narrow striato⁓tubular (ligneous?) cylinder.1871W. A. Leighton Lichenflora 91 Striato-nervose.Ibid. 92 Striato-rugose.Ibid. 111 Striato-crenulate.1881H. B. Brady in Jrnl.Microsc.Sci. Jan. 46 Surface, striatopunctate, i.e. with minute pits or depressions in close, regular, parallel lines from one end of the test to the other.1893G. Brook Catal. Madrep. Corals I. 40 Wall striato-reticulate when thin.Ibid. 76 Wall striato-echinulate.