in natural history, the name of the waxen cells in bee-hives. See Apis.

in anatomy, the sockets in the jaws wherein the teeth are fixed. See Anatomy, Part I.

in botany, the name of the cells in which the seeds of several plants are ranged.

in natural history, a sea fossil of a conic figure, composed of a number of cells, like bee-hives, joined into each other, with a pipe of communication.