Associations to the word «Rimose»

Wiktionary

RIMOSE, adjective. Having a surface covered with cracks, fissures, or crevices.

Dictionary definition

RIMOSE, adjective. Having a surface covered with a network of cracks and small crevices; "a tree with rimose bark".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats