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}]
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]