1.
[syn: cancellate, cancellated, clathrate]
2. designating or relating to a compound in which one component is physically enclosed within the crystal structure of another;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Clathrate \Clath"rate\ (kl[a^]th"r[asl]t), a. [L. clathri
lattice, Gr. klh,qra.]
1. (Bot.) Shaped like a lattice; cancellate. --Gray.
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2. (Zool.) Having the surface marked with raised lines
resembling a lattice, as many shells.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
clathrate
adj 1: having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or
windows [syn: cancellate, cancellated, clathrate]
2: designating or relating to a compound in which one component
is physically enclosed within the crystal structure of
another