alveated

[al-vee-ey-tid]

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adjective

having the vaulted shape of a beehive.

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Origin of alveated

1615–25; < Latin alveāt(us) (equivalent to alve(us) concave vessel, trough (alv(us) belly + -eus noun suffix) + -ātus -ate¹) + -ed²

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