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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. having a surface covered with a network of cracks and small crevices;
- Example: "a tree with rimose bark"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

rimose adj 1: having a surface covered with a network of cracks and small crevices; "a tree with rimose bark"