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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cribriform \Crib"ri*form\ (kr?b"r?f?rm), a. [L. cribrum sieve +
     -form: cf. F. cribriforme.]
     Resembling, or having the form of, a sieve; pierced with
     holes; as, the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone; a
     cribriform compress.
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     {Cribriform cells} (Bot.), those which have here and there
        oblique or transverse sieve plates, or places perforated
        with many holes.
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