rivulose

English

Etymology

From Latin rivulus (“rivulet”) + -ose.

Adjective

rivulose (comparative more rivulose, superlative most rivulose)

1. Marked by thin, winding or crooked lines.
   • 1894, James M. Crombie, A Monograph of Lichens Found in Britain, page 329:

     It is also generally marked above by flexuose anastomosing black, indented lines, whence it appears as if insculpt with rivulose sutures.

Related terms

• rivulet

References

• Webster's New World College Dictionary (© 2010)