Dictionary.com
definitions

rimose

[rahy-mohs, rahy-mohs]
|

adjective

full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
Also ri·mous [rahy-muh s] /ˈraɪ məs/.

Origin of rimose

1720–30; < Latin rīmōsus full of cracks, equivalent to rīm(a) cleft, crack, chink + -ōsus -ose1
Related formsri·mose·ly, adverbri·mos·i·ty [rahy-mos-i-tee] /raɪˈmɒs ɪ ti/, noun
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for rimose

Historical Examples of rimose

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

British Dictionary definitions for rimose

rimose

adjective

(esp of plant parts) having the surface marked by a network of intersecting cracks
Derived Formsrimosely, adverbrimosity (raɪˈmɒsɪtɪ), noun

Word Origin for rimose

C18: from Latin rīmōsus, from rīma a split, crack
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
Medicine definitions for rimose

rimose

[rī′mōs′, rī-mōs′]

adj.

Full of chinks, cracks, or crevices.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.