Reticulate Definition
rĭ-tĭkyə-lĭt, -lāt
reticulated, reticulates, reticulating
adjective
Like a net or network; netlike.
Webster's New World
Relating to or being an evolutionary process that involves the exchange of genes between organisms of different species, as in the formation of a new species through hybridization.
American Heritage Medicine
Having the veins arranged like the threads of a net.
Webster's New World
Network-like in form or appearance.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- nonreticulate
verb
reticulated, reticulates, reticulating
To be divided or marked like network.
Webster's New World
To divide or mark so as to look like network.
Webster's New World
To form a net or network.
American Heritage
Origin of Reticulate
Latin rēticulātus from rēticulum diminutive of rēte net
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Latin rÄ“ticulātus (“reticulated, net-like").
From Wiktionary
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