reticulating

Variant of reticulate

reticulate definition

re·ticu·late (-lit; also, and for v.always, -lāt′)

adjective

  1. like a net or network; netlike
  2. Bot. having the veins arranged like the threads of a net: said of leaves
Also reticulated re·tic′u·lat′ed

Etymology: L reticulatus < reticulum: see reticule

transitive verb reticulated -·lat′ed, reticulating -·lat′·ing

to divide or mark so as to look like network

intransitive verb

to be divided or marked like network

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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