'Rimose' definitions:
Definition of 'rimose'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having a surface covered with a network of cracks and small crevices; "a tree with rimose bark"
Definition of 'Rimose'
From: GCIDE
- Rimose \Ri*mose"\, a. [L. rimosus, fr. rima a chink: cf. F. rimeux.]
- 1. Full of rimes, fissures, or chinks. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Nat. Hist.) Having long and nearly parallel clefts or chinks, like those in the bark of trees. [1913 Webster]