[ad. L. cancellātus pa. pple. of cancellāre to CANCEL.] Marked with cross lines like lattice-work; reticulated.
1661. Lovell, Hist. Anim. & Min., Introd. The belly, in solipedes is rough and hard … in some mordaceous cancellate.
1835. Lindley, Introd. Bot. (1848), II. 362–3. Cancellate…; when the parenchyma is wholly absent, and the veins alone remain, anastomosing and forming a kind of network.
1880. Gray, Bot. Text-bk., 401. Cancellate.… Latticed.
