What is "anastomosing"

Anastomose \A*nas"to*mose\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Anastomozed; p. pr. & vb. n. Anastomosing.] [Cf. F. anastomoser, fr. anastomose. See Anastomosis.]

1. (Anat. & Bot.) 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.

2. Of any channels or lines, to meet and unite or run into each other, as rivers; to coalesce; to interjoin. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] ||

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

2. (present participle of anastomose English)