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Rugose

//ɹʊˈɡəʊs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having rugae or wrinkles, creases, ridges, or corrugation.
  2. 2
    Rugged, rough, unrefined. figuratively, rare
  3. 3
    Having a rough, wrinkled, or wavy surface; commonly in parasynthetic usage e.g. "rugose-veined" or "rugose-leaved".

    "Petraea foliis rugosis ovatis. The oval, rugose-leaved Petraea. The root is brachiated; the shrub rises to ten feet high: the leaves are three inches long, an inch and a half broad, even at the edges, and very rough to the touch: (Note: In modern nomenclature, the plant in question probably is Petrea rugosa, as the spelling "Petraea" does not seem to match any extant genus,)"

  4. 4
    Describing a fossil coral of the extinct order †Rugosa (also called Tetracoralla), this order has horn-shaped corals with surfaces covered with ridges.
  5. 5
    Used when combined with another adjective, for example, rugose-reticulate or rugose-punctate.
Adjective
  1. 1
    of leaves; ridged or wrinkled wordnet

Etymology

From Latin rūgōsus (“wrinkled”).

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