CANCELLATE

cancellate, cancellated, cancellous

(adjective) having an open or latticed or porous structure

cancellate, cancellated, clathrate

(adjective) having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

cancellate (comparative more cancellate, superlative most cancellate)

(botany) Consisting of a network of veins, without intermediate parenchyma; lattice-like.

(zoology) Having the surface covered with raised lines, crossing at right angles.

(anatomy) cancellated

Source: Wiktionary


Can"cel*late, a. Etym: [L. cancellatus, p. p. of cancellare, See Cancel, v. t.]

1. (Bot.)

Definition: Consisting of a network of veins, without intermediate parenchyma, as the leaves of certain plant; latticelike.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Having the surface coveres with raised lines, crossing at right angles.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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