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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.
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   2. (Nat. Hist.) Having long and nearly parallel clefts or
      chinks, like those in the bark of trees.
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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"