cancellate

2 definitions found

cancellate - 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.
        [1913 Webster]

cancellate - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]