ribbon grain
noun
A stripe that is visible in the grain of mahogany and certain other hardwoods when quarter-sawn; frequently attributive.
Origin
1930s.
- multistaging
- multistandard
- multi-starrer
- multistart
- multistate
- multi-station
- multi-stemmed
- multistep
- multistorey
- multistrand
- multistranded
- multistratal
- multistratified
- multistriate
- multi-strike
- multisubunit
- multisulcate
- multisyllabic
- multisyllable
- multisynaptic
- Multisync
- multi-sync
- multisystem
- multitalented
- multi-taped