Etymology · Ancient Greek
στρῶμα
4 English words descend from Ancient Greek στρῶμα, most common first.
- stromaThe tissue structure of an organ, etc., that serves to support it.
- biostromeA horizontally bedded stratum of fossilized remains of sedentary organisms
- olistostromeA sedimentary deposit composed of a chaotic mass of heterogeneous material, such as blocks and mud, known as olistoliths, that accumulates as a semifluid body by submarine gravity sliding or slumping of the unconsolidated sediments.
- stromatologyThe history of the formation of stratified rocks.