rugose
/หษนuหหษกoสs/IPA: /R UW0 G OW1 Z/
adjective
- 1
Having rugae or wrinkles, creases, ridges, or corrugation.
- 2
Rugged, rough, unrefined.
- 3
Having a rough, wrinkled, or wavy surface; commonly in parasynthetic usage e.g. rugose-veined or rugose-leaved.
- 4
Describing a fossil coral of the extinct order โ Rugosa (also called Tetracoralla), this order has horn-shaped corals with surfaces covered with ridges.
- 5
Used when combined with another adjective, for example, rugose-reticulate or rugose-punctate.
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