rimose

Definitions


[], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- Now especially of a fungus or lichen: cracked, fissured.


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Origin:
late 17th century; earliest use found in Elisha Coles. From classical Latin rīmōsus full of cracks, fissured from rīma cleft, crack, fissure + -ōsus




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