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cancellate

Adjective

can=cel=late

WORDNET DICTIONARY

cancellate(s = adj.all) cancellated, clathrate - having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows; Array
cancellate(s = adj.all) cancellated, cancellous - having an open or latticed or porous structure; Array

cancellate, a. [L. cancellatus, p. p. of cancellare, See Cancel, v. t.].

Consisting of a network of veins, without intermediate parenchyma, as the leaves of certain plants; latticelike. [1913 Webster]
Having the surface coveres with raised lines, crossing at right angles. [1913 Webster]

cancellate, adj. (also cancellated) Biol. marked with crossing lines.

Etymology

L cancelli lattice

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