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rimose

[ rahy-mohs, rahy-mohs ]

adjective

  1. full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.


rimose

/ raɪˈmɒsɪtɪ; -ˈməʊz; raɪˈməʊs /

adjective

  1. (esp of plant parts) having the surface marked by a network of intersecting cracks
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • rimosity, noun
  • ˈrimosely, adverb
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Other Words From

  • rimose·ly adverb
  • ri·mos·i·ty [rahy-, mos, -i-tee], noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rimose1

1720–30; < Latin rīmōsus full of cracks, equivalent to rīm ( a ) cleft, crack, chink + -ōsus -ose 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rimose1

C18: from Latin rīmōsus , from rīma a split, crack
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Example Sentences

The pileus is pulvinate-ungulate, much dilated, deeply sulcate; cinnamon, then brown or blackish; very much cracked or rimose.

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