rugose
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rugose
- /ɹʊˈɡəʊs/ UK
- /ˌɹuːˈɡoʊs/ US
Rhymes with -əʊs
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From Latin rūgōsus (“wrinkled”).
adjective more rugose · most rugose
- Having rugae or wrinkles, creases, ridges, or corrugation.
- Rugged, rough, unrefined.
- 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 Petre
- Describing fossil corals of the extinct order †Rugosa (also called Tetracoralla), that have horn-shaped corals with surfaces covered with ridges.
- Used when combined with another adjective, for example, rugose-reticulate or rugose-punctate.
