About The Word Rimose
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Rimose
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What's The Definition Of Rimose?
[adj] having a surface covered with a network of cracks and small crevices; "a tree with rimose bark"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Rimose: rough Related Terms | Find terms related to Rimose: See Also | Rimose In Webster's Dictionary \Ri*mose"\, a. [L. rimosus, fr. rima a chink: cf. F.
rimeux.]
1. Full of rimes, fissures, or chinks.
2. (Nat. Hist.) Having long and nearly parallel clefts or
chinks, like those in the bark of trees.
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