| tessellate | To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work. "The floors are sometimes of wood, tessellated after the fashion of France." (Macaulay) Origin: L. Tessellatus tessellated. See Tessellar. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| tessellated | 1. Formed of little squares, as mosaic work; checkered; as, a tessellated pavement. 2. <botany> Marked like a checkerboard; as, a tessellated leaf. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tessellated fundus | A normal fundus to which a deeply pigmented choroid gives the appearance of dark polygonal areas between the choroidal vessels, especially in the periphery. Synonym: fundus tigre, leopard fundus, leopard retina, mosaic fundus, tigroid fundus, tigroid retina. (05 Mar 2000) |