inosculate
/ɪˈnɑskjəˌleɪt/
verb
- To join or connect closely, as if by intertwining or uniting.
- The roots of the old trees inosculate underground, forming a natural network.
- The two hiking trails inosculate near the summit, creating a single path.
- In the novel, the characters' destinies inosculate in an unexpected twist.
- In biology, to unite or join by small openings or ducts, such as blood vessels or plant tissues.
- In some plants, the stems inosculate when they grow close together.
- The surgeon explained how the blood vessels would inosculate after the transplant.
- The capillaries inosculate to allow efficient exchange of nutrients.
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