rugose

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

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.

/ɹʊˈɡəʊs/ /ˌɹuːˈɡoʊs/ en-us-rugose.ogg

rugose more rugose most rugose

From Latin rūgōsus (“wrinkled”).

purfly wrinkly harsh squarrose bewrinkled coarse

lacuno-rugose rugosely rugose mosaic rugoseness rugosimeter rugosity rugulose subrugose

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