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.
Cribriform cells(Bot.), those which have here and there oblique or transverse sieve plates, or places perforated with many holes.