reticulate adjective. [rɪ'tɪkjʊlǝt] M17.
[Latin reticulatus, from RETICULUM: see -ATE².]
Reticulated, reticular; Botany having a conspicuous network of veins; Biology (of evolution) characterized by repeated hybridization between related lineages.
reticulate python = reticulated python s.v. RETICULATED 1. reticulate thickening Botany (in the tracheary elements of the xylem, esp. the metaxylem) a thickening of the cell wall in which the secondary wall is laid down as a network of transverse meshes.

■ reticulately adverb E19.

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reticulate verb. [rɪ'tɪkjʊleɪt] L18.
[Back-form. from RETICULATED.]
1. verb trans. Divide into a network or something resembling this; arrange in small squares or intersecting lines. L18.
b. Form or make (a net). rare. M19.

2. verb intrans. Be or become reticulated. M19.

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