alveolar processes

pl. Cavities in which the teeth are fixed; they are called also alveoli. "The alveolar proce es in both jaws appear with the teeth, and disappear when no longer needed to support and enclose them."-Todd & Bowman : Physiol. Anat ., vol. il., p. 181. ǎl-vě-ō-lāte, a [Lat. alveolatus = hollowed out like a little trough, channelled; from alveolus (q. v.).] Excavated like the section of a honeycomb; honeycombed, deeply filled, as the receptacle of many Composite flowers and the seeds of Papaver (Poppy).