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Definition of "reticulate" [re•tic•u•late]

  • Resembling or forming a net or network: reticulate veins of a leaf. (adjective)
  • To make a net or network of. (verb-transitive)
  • To mark with lines resembling a network. (verb-transitive)
  • To form a net or network. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "reticulate" in a sentence
  • "The redness develops in a particular pattern, as seen in the photo, called reticulate or net like."
  • "The phylogenetic expression of ambiguity is reticulate evolution."
  • "In reticulate evolution, there is no unique notion of genealogical descent: genetic content can be distributed collectively."