reticulate

[adjective ri-tik-yuh-lit, -leyt; verb ri-tik-yuh-leyt]

adjective

netted; covered with a network.

netlike.

Botany. having the veins or nerves disposed like the threads of a net.

verb (used with object), re·tic·u·lat·ed, re·tic·u·lat·ing.

to form into a network.

to cover or mark with a network.

verb (used without object), re·tic·u·lat·ed, re·tic·u·lat·ing.

to form a network.

Nearby words

Origin of reticulate

1650–60; < Latin rēticulātus net-like, equivalent to rēticul(um) reticle + -ātus -ate¹

Related formsre·tic·u·late·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for reticulated

And at the top, what do you find, just before going out upon that gallery to spread your eye upon man's reticulated concerns?
Plum Pudding|Christopher Morley
It presents a soft, waxy spore-bearing surface, reticulated with obtuse folds.
Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous|Thomas Taylor
The several views illustrating this process are made in this way, the lines of the reticulated screen being 175 to the inch.
The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.|Edward W. Byrn
Another curious filaria-like entozoon is the reticulated threadworm (Onchocerca reticulata).
Parasites|T. Spencer Cobbold

It is only two or three inches long, has a reticulated surface, and is covered with minute jointed fibres.
The Sea Shore|William S. Furneaux

British Dictionary definitions for reticulated

reticulate

adjective Also: reticular (rɪˈtɪkjʊlə)

in the form of a network or having a network of partsa reticulate leaf

resembling, covered with, or having the form of a net

verb (rɪˈtɪkjʊˌleɪt)

to form or be formed into a net

Derived Formsreticulately, adverbreticulation, noun

Word Origin for reticulate

C17: from Late Latin rēticulātus made like a net

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Word Origin and History for reticulated

reticulate

adj.

1650s, from Latin reticulatus "having a net-like pattern," from reticulum "little net," diminutive of rete "net," from PIE *ere- (2) "to separate" (see hermit).