[adj. ri-tik-yuh-lit, -leyt; v. ri-tik-yuh-leyt] 
adjective, verb, -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing.| 1. | netted; covered with a network. |
| 2. | netlike. |
| 3. | Botany. having the veins or nerves disposed like the threads of a net. |
| 4. | to form into a network. |
| 5. | to cover or mark with a network. |
| 6. | to form a network. |
| re·tic·u·late (rĭ-tĭk'yə-lĭt, -lāt') adj. Resembling or forming a net or network: reticulate veins of a leaf. v. (-lāt') re·tic·u·lat·ed, re·tic·u·lat·ing, re·tic·u·lates v. tr.
To form a net or network. [Latin rēticulātus, from rēticulum, diminutive of rēte, net.] re·tic'u·late·ly adv., re·tic'u·la'tion n. |
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