ANASTOMOSING

Verb

anastomosing

present participle of anastomose

Adjective

anastomosing (not comparable)

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

(geology) Networked into irregularly branching and reconnecting veins of ore.

Source: Wiktionary


ANASTOMOSE

A*nas"to*mose, v. i. [imp. p. p. Anastomozed; p. pr. Anastomosing.] Etym: [Cf. F. anastomoser, fr. anastomose. See Anastomosis.] (Anat. & Bot.)

Definition: To inosculate; to intercommunicate by anastomosis, as the arteries and veins. The ribbing of the leaf, and the anastomosing network of its vessels. I. Taylor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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