cancellate

American  

[kan-suh-leyt, -lit] / ˈkæn səˌleɪt, -lɪt /

Also cancellated

adjective

1. Anatomy. of spongy or porous structure, as bone.

2. reticulate.

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cancellate British  

/ ˈkænsɪləs, ˈkænsɪˌleɪt /

adjective

1. anatomy having a spongy or porous internal structure

   cancellate bones

2. botany forming a network; reticulate

   a cancellate venation

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Other Word Forms

• subcancellate
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of cancellate

From the Latin word cancellātus, dating back to 1655–65. See cancel, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

This is complete in every part; a definite bell-shaped calyx, widening into the cancellate receptacle, the margin constricted, and closed at last by the apical net, cribrum, sign of the order.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)