anastomosing

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US/əˈnæs.təˌmoʊ.zɪŋ/

adjective

Fused together in a vein-like network; used to describe mushroom gills that are interconnected with veins.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of anastomose

    Happisburgh's humans discarded their stone tools close to one of several anastomosing, slow-flowing low-energy rivers, all of which meandered across a floodplain into a large estuary.

    2014 [2013], Rob Dinnis, Chris Stringer, Britain: One million years of human history, London: Natural History Museum, →ISBN, page 31
adjectiveanastomosing (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyFused together in a vein-like network; used to describe mushroom gills that are interconnected with veins.

    It is also generally marked above by flexuose anastomosing black, indented lines, whence it appears as if insculpt with rivulose sutures.

    1894, James M. Crombie, A Monograph of Lichens Found in Britain, page 329
  2. not comparablegeographyNetworked into irregularly branching and reconnecting veins of ore.
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APA

anastomosing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anastomosing

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“anastomosing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anastomosing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anastomosing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anastomosing.

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