cancellate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows
    cancellated; clathrate.
  2. adjective satellite having an open or latticed or porous structure
    cancellated; cancellous.

WordNet

Can"cel*late adjective
Etymology
L. cancellatus, p. p. of cancellare, See Cancel, v. t.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) Consisting of a network of veins, without intermediate parenchyma, as the leaves of certain plant; latticelike.
  2. (Zoöl.) Having the surface coveres with raised lines, crossing at right angles.

Webster 1913