anastomosing

/əˈnæs.təˌmoʊ.zɪŋ/

verb

  1. (of streams and rivers, blood vessels, etc) To join (two or more things) by anastomosis, to interconnect forming a network.

  2. (of rivers, blood vessels, etc) To join by anastomosis.

Synonyms: interconnect, interjoin

adjective

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

  2. Networked into irregularly branching and reconnecting veins of ore.