alveolate
or al·ve·o·lat·ed
[al-vee-uh-lit, -leyt or al-vee-uh-ley-tid]
- having alveoli; deeply pitted, as a honeycomb.
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Origin of alveolate
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huge, spacious, gaping, vast, roomy, yawning, sunken, depressed, void, vaulted, curved, cleft, notched, arched, dimpled, cupped, excavated, pitted, striated, alveolateExamples from the Web for alveolate
Historical Examples
Sometimes the calymma is alveolate and foamy, as in Nassella and the common Thalassicolla.
Alveolate: Marked by depressions separated by thin walls so as to resemble a honeycomb (Fig. 144).
The Elements of Bacteriological TechniqueJohn William Henry Eyre
Plants large, subglobose, with alveolate, sinuate carbonous exterior.
alveolate
- having many alveoli
- resembling the deep pits of a honeycomb
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Word Origin
C19: from Late Latin alveolātus forming a channel, hollowed, from Latin: alveolus
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