rimose Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite having a surface covered with a network of cracks and small crevices
    • a tree with rimose bark

WordNet

Ri*mose" adjective
Etymology
L. rimosus, fr. rima a chink: cf. F. rimeux.
Definitions
  1. Full of rimes, fissures, or chinks.
  2. (Nat. Hist.) Having long and nearly parallel clefts or chinks, like those in the bark of trees.

Webster 1913