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reticulate

re·ti·cu·late

UK/ɹəˈtɪkjʊˌleɪt/ US/ɹəˈtɪkjəˌleɪt/ fairly common

adjective

1.

resembling or forming a network

  • “the reticulate veins of a leaf”
  • “a reticulated highway system”

verb

1.

form a net or a network

2.
3.

divide so as to form a network

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin rēticulātus (“reticulated, net-like”).

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