a. Bot. [f. STRAT-UM + -OSE.] Stratified; arranged in layers.
1881. Farlow, Mar. Algæ, 51. Subgenus Eucladophora. Plants tufted, or, at times, stratose, not united into spongy masses by rhizoidal branches.
1900. B. D. Jackson, Gloss. Bot. Terms, Stratose, in distinct layers.
