tessellated
  (a.)棋盤格的,鑲嵌的花樣的
  Tes·sel·late v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tessellated p. pr. & vb. n. Tessellating.]  To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work.
     The floors are sometimes of wood, tessellated after the fashion of France.   --Macaulay.
  Tes·sel·la·ted a.
  1. Formed of little squares, as mosaic work; checkered; as, a tessellated pavement.
  2. Bot. & Zool. Marked like a checkerboard; as, a tessellated leaf.
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  tessellated
       adj 1: having a checkered or mottled appearance
       2: decorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone fitted
          together; "a mosaic floor"; "a tessellated pavement" [syn:
           mosaic]