'Cancellate' definitions:
Definition of 'cancellate'
From: WordNet
adjective
Having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows [syn: cancellate, cancellated, clathrate]
adjective
Having an open or latticed or porous structure [syn: cancellate, cancellated, cancellous]
Definition of 'Cancellate'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) Having the surface coveres with raised lines, crossing at right angles. [1913 Webster]