lacelike

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And at the back is a long white landscape, bordered by a tangle of trees with lacelike leaves.

From The Guardian • Jul. 13, 2013

"This lends support to a theory," said he, "which has recently been advanced that all proteins tend to spread out on surfaces and when they do so they all have a similar lacelike pattern."

From Time Magazine Archive

The neurons are intricately connected by fine, often branching fibers, so the whole brain is a lacelike network of relays and conductors.

From Time Magazine Archive

In lacelike prose, with just enough homely obtrusions to prevent his art from seeming precious, Updike tells of a young man's epiphany.

From Time Magazine Archive

Clouds of lacelike spray hung in the air after each attack, and cascading torrents returned to the waves.

From Polaris of the Snows by Stilson, Charles B.