Definitions for alveolate

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alveolate al·ve·o·late

Spelling: [al-vee-uh-lit, -leyt or al-vee- Alveolate is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 186 anagrams from letters in alveolate (aaeellotv).

Definitions for alveolate

adjective

1. having alveoli; deeply pitted, as a honeycomb.

Origin of alveolate

From the Latin word alveolātus, dating back to 1830-40. See alveolus, -ate¹

Examples for alveolate

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).

Plants large, subglobose, with alveolate, sinuate carbonous exterior.