Usually means: Containing or resembling many perforations.
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▸ adjective:  (rare, usually in anatomical descriptions) Perforated, as in the manner of a sieve.

Similar:
cribriform, cribrose, perforated, honeycombed, multiperforated, serriform, scrobiculated, fissured, serrulated, reticulated, more...

Opposite:
smooth, even, flat, untextured

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Similar:
cribriform, cribrose, perforated, honeycombed, multiperforated, serriform, scrobiculated, fissured, serrulated, reticulated, more...

Opposite:
smooth, even, flat, untextured



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