alveolate

2 definitions found

alveolate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Alveolate \Al"ve*o*late\, a. [L. alveolatus, fr. alveolus.]
     (Bot.)
     Deeply pitted, like a honeycomb.
     [1913 Webster]

alveolate - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  alveolate
      adj 1: pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb) [syn:
             alveolate, faveolate, cavitied, honeycombed,
             pitted]