[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

clathrate \clath"rate\ kla^th"raslt, a. l. clathri
   lattice, gr. klh,qra.
   1. bot. shaped like a lattice; cancellate. --gray.
      1913 webster

   2. zool. having the surface marked with raised lines
      resembling a lattice, as many shells.
      1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
cancellate cancellated 

Clathrate >> C Words
Clathrate, definition of term: Clathrate
clathrate_pag1.html