[syn: cancellate, cancellated, cancellous]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cancellate \Can"cel*late\, a. [L. cancellatus, p. p. of
cancellare, See Cancel, v. t.]
1. (Bot.) Consisting of a network of veins, without
intermediate parenchyma, as the leaves of certain plants;
latticelike.
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2. (Zool.) Having the surface coveres with raised lines,
crossing at right angles.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cancellate
adj 1: having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or
windows [syn: cancellate, cancellated, clathrate]
2: having an open or latticed or porous structure [syn:
cancellate, cancellated, cancellous]