reticulate

«reticulate» in Mova's school dictionary: having a pattern of lines crossing each other like a net… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (reticulate — science, formal); verb (reticulate, reticulates, reticulated, reticulating — rare)

meaning for a pupil

1) (science) Reticulate means having a pattern of lines crossing each other like a net, as in the veins of a leaf («reticulate venation»). tree →

2) (rare, formal) To reticulate is to divide or mark into a network. tree →

3) A reticulated python is a huge snake with a net-like pattern on its skin. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons on plants, leaves with net-like veins (like oak or rose leaves) have reticulate venation, while grass leaves have parallel veins — a way to sort flowering plants. In zoos, the reticulated python and the reticulated giraffe are named for their net patterns.

examples

• Rose leaves have reticulate veins. tree →
• Grass has parallel veins, not reticulate ones. tree →
• Hold the leaf up to the light to see its reticulate pattern. tree →
• The reticulated python is one of the longest snakes. tree →
• The reticulated giraffe has neat net-like patches. tree →
• A fishing net is a reticulate pattern. tree →

note

Formal, scientific word; plain English: net-like. From Latin «reticulum», a little net. Pronounced «ri-TIK-yoo-lut» (adjective) or «ri-TIK-yoo-late» (verb).

In the corpora

• The longest snake is the reticulated python of Southeast Asia, and the heaviest is the green anaconda of South America.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «reticulate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.