Search for crossword answers and clues
Having cracks and crevices
Answer for the clue "Having cracks and crevices ", 6 letters:
rimose
Alternative clues for the word rimose
Word definitions for rimose in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. having a surface covered with a network of cracks and small crevices; "a tree with rimose bark"
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rimose \Ri*mose"\, a. [L. rimosus, fr. rima a chink: cf. F. rimeux.] Full of rimes, fissures, or chinks. (Nat. Hist.) Having long and nearly parallel clefts or chinks, like those in the bark of trees.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Rimose is an adjective used to describe a surface that is cracked or fissured. The term is often used in describing crustose lichens . A rimose surface of a lichen is sometimes contrasted to the surface being areolate . Areolate is an extreme form of being ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Having a surface covered with cracks, fissures, or crevices.