RUGOSE

rugose

(adjective) of leaves; ridged or wrinkled

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

rugose (comparative more rugose, superlative most rugose)

Having rugae or wrinkles, creases, ridges, or corrugation.

(figurative, rare) Rugged, rough, unrefined.

(botany) Having a rough, wrinkled, or wavy surface; commonly in parasynthetic usage e.g. rugose-veined or rugose-leaved.

(paleontology) Describing a fossil coral of the extinct order †Rugosa (also called Tetracoralla), this order has horn-shaped corals with surfaces covered with ridges.

(entomology) Used when combined with another adjective, for example, rugose-reticulate or rugose-punctate.

Synonyms

• (having rugae): bewrinkled, purfly, wrinkly; see also wrinkled

• (rugged, rough): coarse, harsh, squarrose; see also rough

Anagrams

• -gerous, Rogues, grouse, orgues, rogues, rouges

Source: Wiktionary

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Ru*gose", a. Etym: [L. rugosus, r. ruga a wrinkle.]

Definition: Wrinkled; full of wrinkles; specifically (Bot.), having the veinlets sunken and the spaces between them elevated, as the leaves of the sage and horehound.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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