tessellated
(adjective) decorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone fitted together in a mosaic; “a tessellated pavement”
tessellated
(adjective) having a checkered or mottled appearance
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tessellated (comparative more tessellated, superlative most tessellated)
Covered with pieces that are similarly shaped.
tessellated
simple past tense and past participle of tessellate
Source: Wiktionary
Tes"sel*la`ted, a.
1. Formed of little squares, as mosaic work; checkered; as, a tessellated pavement.
2. (Bot. & Zoöl.)
Definition: Marked like a checkerboard; as, a tessellated leaf.
Tes"sel*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tessellated; p. pr. & vb. n. Tessellating.] Etym: [L. tessellatus tessellated. See Tessellar.]
Definition: To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work. The floors are sometimes of wood, tessellated after the fashion of France. Macaulay.
Tes"sel*late, a. Etym: [L. tesselatus.]
Definition: Tessellated.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 June 2025
(verb) raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type; “underlay the plate”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
