used in Zool. and Bot. as combining form of mod.L. striātus, prefixed to adjs. in the sense ‘striate and —,’ as striato-crenulate, -echinulate, -nervose, -punctate, -reticulate, -rugose, -tubular.
1850. W. King, Permian Fossils, 9. Arborescent plants, having stems with a large pith encircled by a narrow striato-tubular (ligneous?) cylinder.
1871. W. A. Leighton, Lichen-flora, 91. Striato-nervose. Ibid., 92. Striato-rugose. Ibid., 111. Striato-crenulate.
1881. H. 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.
1893. G. Brook, Catal. Madrep. Corals, I. 40. Wall striato-reticulate when thin. Ibid., 76. Wall striato-echinulate.
