anastomosing

Etymology

verb

1. present 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, page 31

adj

1. (mycology) Fused together in a vein-like network; used to describe mushroom gills that are interconnected with veins.
2. (geology) Networked into irregularly branching and reconnecting veins of ore.