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RIMOSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rimose mean?
• RIMOSE (adjective)
The adjective RIMOSE has 1 sense:
1. having a surface covered with a network of cracks and small crevices
Familiarity information: RIMOSE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a surface covered with a network of cracks and small crevices
Context example:
a tree with rimose bark
Similar:
rough (of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped)
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