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With parallel longitudinal grooves. Having lines or minute grooves; common in mushrooms on the upper surface of the cap near its margin, or on the stem. Marked with fine, longitudinal lines, grooves, furrows, or streaks. Marked with longitudinal, slender grooves. Ridged or fluted down the length, as in Sisyrinchium striatum.  

Slightly sunken stripes or lines. Stretch-marks seen in the skin, common in adolescent boys and girls owing to stretching of the skin by rapid growth (striae distensae). In boys, striae occur around the shoulders and thighs; in girls the breasts and hips are affected. In both sexes horizontal striae on the back may be mistaken…

Growing in distinct horizontal layers. Made of several layers.  

(Colour) straw-like, straw-coloured, very pale dull yellow.  

Growing irregularly and untidily.  

Layer of rain-forest or other forest where vegetation seems to be layered (e.g. understorey, mid-storey or canopy).  

A shoot or new stem/branch emerging from (near) the base of the plant, especially when the stem has been cut; Several stems arising from the same root.  

Hard endocarp of a drupe. Same as calculus. A measure of weight equal to 14 pounds or 6.35 kilograms. The inner fruit wall of a drupe, when of a hard, bony or woody nature. The stone incloses the seed. Plums and cherries have stones. Stones, also referred to as calculi, form as a consequence of…

Zone of dehiscence; for example, on a sporangium or on an anther.