cavernous

adjective

filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood

being or suggesting a cavern

Roots

cavuscavern- · Latin · hollow

Synonyms for cavernous

cavelike hollowedadj gapingadj vastadj commodiousadj sunkenadj

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