WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

striate area
    n 1: the part of the occipital cortex that receives the fibers
         of the optic radiation from the lateral geniculate body and
         is the primary receptive area for vision [syn: striate
         cortex, striate area, first visual area, area 17 of
         Brodmann, Brodmann's area 17]