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

Derived Forms

• rimosity, noun
• ˈrimosely, adverb

Other Words From

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of rimose¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of rimose¹

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

Example Sentences

Pileus not rimose, cuticle of interwoven fibrils, almost smooth, or adpressedly scaly, disc even; stem polished, glabrous, whitish, apex mealy. sambucina, Fr.

From Project Gutenberg

The pileus is one to two inches broad, acutely conical, submembranaceous, smooth, somewhat lobed, at length expanded, and rimose; turning black, as does the whole plant when broken or bruised; orange, yellow, scarlet, brown, dusky.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg