faveolate

Borrowed from New Latin faveolātus, from faveolus +‎ -ātus, a diminutive of favus (“honeycomb”) modelled on alveolus; see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

faveolate (comparative more faveolate, superlative most faveolate)

1. (biology) Having cavities or cells like those of a honeycomb.

   Synonyms: alveolate, favose, honeycombed

   hollowly faveolate

   faveolate seeds

   faveolate structure

• “faveolate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

faveolāte

1. vocative masculine singular of faveolātus