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Clathrate : adj
1: having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows
[syn: cancellate, cancellated]
2: designating or relating to a compound in which one component
is physically enclosed within the crystal structure of
another
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Clathrate : \Clath"rate\ (kl[a^]th"r[asl]t), a. [L. clathri
lattice, Gr. klh,qra.]
1. (Bot.) Shaped like a lattice; cancellate. --Gray.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Having the surface marked with raised lines
resembling a lattice, as many shells.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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