a. [f. L. type *cribrōs-us, f. crībrum sieve: see -OSE.] Sieve-like, perforated.
1857. Berkeley, Cryptog. Bot., 181. 203. Algæ … which present … a clathroid, cancellated, or cribrose frond.
1866. Treas. Bot., Cribrose, pierced (like a sieve) with numerous close small apertures.
