Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AL'VE-O-LITE
AL'VE-OLE, or AL-VE-O'LUSAL'VINE
AL'VE-O-LITE, n. [L. alveolus, and Gr. λιθος.]
In natural history, a kind of stony polypiers, of a globular or hemispherical shape: formed by numerous concentric beds, each composed of a union of little cells. – Dict. of Nat. Hist.
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