1. Having a surface marked by small pits or depressions arranged in a honeycomb-like pattern; pitted or alveolate.
Usage: technical; biology; botany

Examples

• The faveolate surface of the seed coat helps with water absorption.
• Under magnification, the insect's wing showed a faveolate texture.
• The faveolate pattern on the pollen grain is characteristic of this plant species.
• Botanists identified the specimen by its distinctly faveolate leaf surface.
• The faveolate structure of the fungal spore aids in its dispersal.