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Meaning of CANCELLATE

Pronunciation:  'kansu`leyt

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  (anatomy) having an open or latticed or porous structure
  2. [adj]  (botany) having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows
 

CANCELLATE is a 10 letter word that starts with C.

 

 Synonyms: cancellated, cancellous, cellular, clathrate, reticular, reticulate, reticulated
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.

2. (Zo["o]l.) Having the surface coveres with raised lines,
   crossing at right angles.

 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: Latticed, or resembling a latticed construction, usually said of a surface such as that of an achene or seed.
 

 

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