Reticulate Definition

reticulate
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. distribute by a network, as of water or electricity
  3. divide so as to form a network

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