rugose.
Having rugae or wrinkles, creases, ridges, or corrugation.
Meaning & usage
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".
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.
Where this word comes from
From Latin rūgōsus (“wrinkled”).
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