cancellate

can·cel·late  (kn-slt, kns-lt) also can·cel·lat·ed (-ltd)

adj.

Cancellous.

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[Latin cancelltus, past participle of cancellre, to make in a crisscross pattern; see cancel.]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	cancellate - having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows cancellated, clathrate 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.	cancellate - having an open or latticed or porous structure cancellous, cancellated anatomy, general anatomy - the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals cellular - characterized by or divided into or containing cells or compartments (the smallest organizational or structural unit of an organism or organization); "the cellular construction of a beehive"; "any effective opposition to a totalitarian regime must be secretive and cellular"