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单词 alveolate
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alveolateadj.

Brit. /alˈvɪələt/, /alˈvɪəleɪt/, U.S. /ælˈviələt/, /ælˈviəˌleɪt/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin alveolatus.
Etymology: < scientific Latin alveolatus divided like a honeycomb (1753 or earlier; already in classical Latin in sense ‘hollowed out like a trough’) < classical Latin alveolus alveolus n. + -ātus -ate suffix2. Compare French alvéolé honeycombed (1778 in botany). Compare earlier alveated adj.
Chiefly Botany.
Honeycombed; pitted with little cavities.
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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
1793 T. Martyn Lang. Bot. (at cited word) Alveolate (alveolātum s. favosum) Receptacle. Divided into open cells, like a honeycomb, with a seed lodged in each: as in Onopordum.
1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes 508 Corallum profoundly alveolate.
1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 266 Digitalis purpurea..seeds alveolate.
1916 H. M. Gilkey Revision Tuberales Calif. 310 By far the greater number of Californian species that have been collected have alveolate spores.
1963 Brittonia 15 90 Receptacle naked or alveolate.
2011 S. Afr. Jrnl. Bot. 77 49/2 Receptacle rounded, shallowly alveolate, alveoles uniformly ±0.2 mm high, entire.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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