cavernulousadj.
/kəˈvəːnjʊləs/ Characterized by minute cavities, porous.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > hollowness > [adjective] > full of cavities > small
cellulate?a1425
cavernous1597
alveated1623
honeycombed1633
favaginous1658
cellulated1693
vesiculated1703
cellulous1712
cellulara1728
cellulose1752
cavernulous1758
comby1773
alveolate1793
vesiculate1828
cavernulated1875
cellularized1942
1758 W. Lewis in Philos. Trans. 1757 (Royal Soc.) 50 154 The mass..turned out cavernulous and brittle.
1803 J. Robison Black's Lect. Elements Chem. II. 326 Copper will not cast either solid or tenacious, but is cavernulous and weak.
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