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alveolate

/al-vee-uh-lit, -leyt/US // ælˈvi ə lɪt, -ˌleɪt //UK // (ælˈvɪəlɪt, -ˌleɪt) //

脉状,脉络,脉性,脉状的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having alveoli; deeply pitted, as a honeycomb.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inhollow

Examples

  • Alveolate: Marked by depressions separated by thin walls so as to resemble a honeycomb (Fig. 144).

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

  • Sometimes the calymma is alveolate and foamy, as in Nassella and the common Thalassicolla.

  • The feet are two to three times as long as the shell, irregularly curved and distinctly alveolate, without appendages.

  • Spores alveolate or muriculate, usually flattened and angular.