What is the meaning of cavernous?

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