reticulate
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"For decades, the question of how reticulate veins form has remained open, and finally we have a plausible answer" in Chinese money plants' Voronoi patterns.
From Science Daily ● May 14, 2026
Monocots have leaves with reticulate, net-like venation and dicot leaves have parallel venation.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
A leaf has reticulate venation whereas leaflets show parallel venation.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
A leaf has parallel venation whereas leaflets show reticulate venation.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The colour varies from grey to black, with numerous round pale spots, which may be tinged with reddish; the dorsal and caudal fins reticulate with darker.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
The African habitat - which was built in 2001 - is home to reticulated giraffes, maneless zebra, white rhino, ostrich, crowned crane and a greater kudu.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2025
On Thursday, the Great Plains Zoo and Butterfly House & Aquarium in Sioux Falls announced the death of Chioke, an 18-year-old reticulated giraffe.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 4, 2024
Genetic studies have found that giraffe DNA falls into four distinct clusters: the Northern giraffe, the reticulated giraffe, the Masai giraffe and the Southern giraffe.
From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2024
Kendi means ‘loved one’ in Swahili, paying homage to the language spoken in Kenya, where reticulated giraffes can be found in the wild.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 23, 2023
A reticulated chrome walkway emerged from the pool’s edge and arched over the water to reach the island.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
Cardono's keen black eyes, twinkling hither and thither, a myriad crows' feet reticulating out from their corners like spiders' webs, took in the landscape, and every object in it.
From The Firebrand by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
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"The Deep," Vocabulary from the short story
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