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Meaning of CLATHRATE

Pronunciation:  'klathreyt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  (botany) having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows
 
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 Synonyms: cancellate, cancellated, reticular, reticulate, reticulated
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: A type of solid in which water molecules form cages that trap a gas, formed by very slowly warming a mixture of the gas and tiny grains of ice.
 

 

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