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clath·rate  (klthrt)

adj.

1. Biology Having a latticelike structure or appearance: clathrate foliage.

2. Chemistry Of or relating to inclusion complexes in which molecules of one substance are completely enclosed within the crystal structure of another.

n. Chemistry

A clathrate compound, such as urea.

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[Latin clthrtus, past participle of clthrre, to furnish with a lattice, from clthr, cltra, lattice, from Greek klithra, pl. of klithron, door bar, from kleiein, to close.]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	clathrate - having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows cancellate, cancellated phytology, botany - the branch of biology that studies plants reticular, reticulate - resembling or forming a network; "the reticulate veins of a leaf"; "a reticulated highway system"
	2.	clathrate - designating or relating to a compound in which one component is physically enclosed within the crystal structure of another chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions enclosed - closed in or surrounded or included within; "an enclosed porch"; "an enclosed yard"; "the enclosed check is to cover shipping and handling"