Cancellate

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cancellate
       adj 1: having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows
              [syn: {cancellated}, {clathrate}]
       2: having an open or latticed or porous structure [syn: {cancellated},
           {cancellous}]