Rimose
[RY-mohs]
Part of speech: adjective
Origin: Latin, late 17th century
1.
(Mycology) Now especially of a fungus or lichen: cracked, fissured.
Examples of Rimose in a sentence
"The lichens have a rimose surface."
"The driveway was rimose after the earthquake."
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