Rimose vs Ribose - What's the difference?
rimose | ribose |
Having a surface covered with cracks, fissures, or crevices.
(carbohydrate) A naturally occurring pentose sugar, which is a component of the nucleosides and nucleotides that comprise the nucleic acid biopolymer, RNA. It is also found in riboflavin.
As an adjective rimose
is having a surface covered with cracks, fissures, or crevices.As a noun ribose is
a naturally occurring pentose sugar, which is a component of the nucleosides and nucleotides that comprise the nucleic acid biopolymer, RNA. It is also found in riboflavin.rimose
English
Adjective
(head)- the rimose head of a mushroom
- a tree with rimose bark