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Adjective: alveolate  al'vee-u-lut
  1. Pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb)
    "The alveolate surface of the coral provided shelter for small marine organisms";
    - faveolate, cavitied, honeycombed, pitted

See also: cellular

Encyclopedia: Alveolate