rimose

American  

[rahy-mohs, rahy-mohs] / ˈraɪ moʊs, raɪˈmoʊs /

Also rimous

adjective

1. full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.

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rimose British  

/ raɪˈmɒsɪtɪ, -ˈməʊz, raɪˈməʊs /

adjective

1. (esp of plant parts) having the surface marked by a network of intersecting cracks

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Other Word Forms

• rimosely adverb
• rimosity noun

Etymology

Origin of rimose

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

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