Main Entry: ¹re·tic·u·late

Pronunciation: \ri-ˈti-kyə-lət, -ˌlāt\

Function: adjective

Etymology: Latin reticulatus, from reticulum

Date: 1658

1 : resembling a net or network; especially : having veins, fibers, or lines crossing <a reticulate leaf>
2 : being or involving evolutionary change dependent on genetic recombination involving diverse interbreeding populations

— re·tic·u·late·ly adverb