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Meaning of RIMOSE

Pronunciation:  'rImowz

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  having a surface covered with a network of cracks and small crevices; "a tree with rimose bark"
 
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 Synonyms: rough
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ri*mose"\, a. [L. rimosus, fr. rima a chink: cf. F.
rimeux.]
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.
 
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