Cavernous Definition

cavernous
adjective
  1. being or suggesting a cavern; "vast cavernous chambers hollowed out of limestone"
  2. filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood; "erectile tissue"; "the penis is an erectile organ"

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