Definition of reticulate

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< reticular formation

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re·tic·u·late    (r-tky-lt, -lt) KEY  

ADJECTIVE:

Resembling or forming a net or network: reticulate veins of a leaf.

VERB:
re·tic·u·lat·ed , re·tic·u·lat·ing , re·tic·u·lates (-lt)
VERB:
tr.

1. To make a net or network of.
2. To mark with lines resembling a network.

VERB:
intr.

To form a net or network.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Latin rticultus, from rticulum, diminutive of rte, net

OTHER FORMS:
re·ticu·late·ly (Adverb), re·ticu·lation (Noun)

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