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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
“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
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Derived Forms

  • rimosity, noun
  • ˈDz, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • mDz· adverb
  • ·Dz··ٲ [rahy-, mos, -i-tee], noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of rimose1

1720–30; < Latin īōܲ full of cracks, equivalent to ī ( a ) cleft, crack, chink + -ōܲ -ose 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of rimose1

C18: from Latin īōܲ , from īa a split, crack
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Example Sentences

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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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