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Adjective: cancellate  'kan-su,leyt
  1. (botany) having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows
    "The cancellate leaf structure allowed light to penetrate";
    - cancellated, clathrate
     
  2. (anatomy) having an open, latticed or porous structure
    "cancellate bone tissue is found in the interior of many bones";
    - cancellated, cancellous

See also: cellular, reticular, reticulate