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Rugose
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Meaning
Adj
●
Having
rugae
or
wrinkles
,
creases
,
ridges
, or corrugation.
●
Rugged,
rough
, unrefined.
●
In Botany:
Having a
rough
,
wrinkled
, or
wavy
surface
;
commonly
in
parasynthetic
usage
e.g. "rugose-veined" or "rugose-leaved".
●
In Paleontology:
Describing a
fossil
coral
of the
extinct
order †Rugosa (also called Tetracoralla), this order has horn-shaped
corals
with
surfaces
covered
with ridges.
●
In Entomology:
Used when
combined
with another
adjective
,
for example
, rugose-reticulate or rugose-punctate.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Synonyms
Bewrinkled
Coarse
Purfly
Wrinkly
Wrinkled
Harsh
Squarrose
Rough
Wurly
Crinkly
Ruckly
Wurlie
Rhymes
Dose
Close
Gross
Gross
Rugose
Verbose
Engross
Diagnose
Pluviose
PluviôSe
Grandiose
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