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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 2. (Zo["o]l.) Having the surface coveres with raised lines, crossing at right angles. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cancellate adj 1: (botany) having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows [syn: {cancellated}, {clathrate}] 2: (anatomy) having an open or latticed or porous structure [syn: {cancellated}, {cancellous}]
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