cancellate

English

Etymology

From Latin cancellatus, past participle of cancellare.

Adjective

cancellate (comparative more cancellate, superlative most cancellate)

1. (botany) Consisting of a network of veins, without intermediate parenchyma; lattice-like.

   cancellate leaves

2. (zoology) Having the surface covered with raised lines, crossing at right angles.
3. (anatomy) Cancellated.

Derived terms

• subcancellate

 

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “cancellate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

cancellate

1. inflection of cancellare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

cancellate f pl

1. feminine plural of cancellato

Latin

Verb

cancellāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of cancellō