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rimose

rimose adjective: having a surface covered with cracks, fissures, or crevices.

Adjective

rimose (comparative more rimose, superlative most rimose)

  1. Having a surface covered with cracks, fissures, or crevices.
    • the rimose head of a mushroom
    • a tree with rimose bark
    Synonyms:
    rimate

Synonyms of rimose

Forms of rimose

comparativemore rimose
superlativemost rimose

Origin of rimose

From Latin rimosus, from rima (“fissure”).

Words formed from rimose

Questions about rimose

What does rimose mean?
Rimose means having a surface covered with cracks, fissures, or crevices.
What part of speech is rimose?
Rimose is an adjective.

Words near rimose in the dictionary

  1. rimocanaliculate
  2. rimocidin
  3. rimonabant
  4. rimoportula
  5. rimoportulae
  6. rimose
  7. rimosely
  8. rimosities
  9. rimosity
  10. rimous
  11. Rimouski

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