rimose

Also ri·mous

[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

Other Word Forms

• rimosely adverb
• rimosity 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.

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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.

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

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