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Faveolate vs Foveolate - What's the difference?

faveolate | foveolate |

As adjectives the difference between faveolate and foveolate

is that faveolate is having cavities or cells like those of a honeycomb while foveolate is having small pits or depressions, like the receptacle in some composite flowers.

faveolate

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having cavities or cells like those of a honeycomb.

    • Synonyms

    * alveolate * favose * honeycombed (Webster 1913) ----

    foveolate

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having small pits or depressions, like the receptacle in some composite flowers.
    • (Webster 1913) ----