a. [ad. L. alveolāt-us, f. alveolus: see ALVEOLE.] Honeycombed; pitted with little cavities.
1839. Hooper, Med. Dict., Alveolatus, Alveolate, having small cavities.
1846. Dana, Zooph. (1848), 508. Corallum profoundly alveolate.
1870. Hooker, Stud. Flora, 266. Digitalis purpurea … seeds alveolate.
