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rugose en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌɹuːˈɡoʊs/ (US)
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  • /ɹʊˈɡəʊs/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Latin rūgōsus (“wrinkled”).

Meanings

  1. Having rugae or wrinkles, creases, ridges, or corrugation.
  2. (figuratively, rare) Rugged, rough, unrefined.
  3. 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 Petrea rugosa, as the spelling "Petraea" does not seem to match any extant genus,) 1751, anonymous author, A General Natural History: Or, New and Accurate Descriptions Of The Animals, Vegetables, and Minerals, Of the Different Parts of the World, Thomas Osborne, pages 261–:
    • The original leaves were flat and very rugose, and almost hid by the numerous single-stemmed flowers; while the leaves produced in the umbellate state were larger, more upright, and less wrinkled. 1866, Botanical Society of Edinburgh, Transactions of the Botanical Society, pages 459–:
  4. Describing fossil corals of the extinct order †Rugosa (also called Tetracoralla), that have horn-shaped corals with surfaces covered with ridges.
  5. Used when combined with another adjective, for example, rugose-reticulate or rugose-punctate.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more rugose Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most rugose Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

subrugose · lacuno-rugose · rugose mosaic · rugosimeter · rugosity · rugosely · rugoseness · rugulose

Synonyms

coarse (rugged, rough) · bewrinkled (having rugae) · squarrose · purfly · harsh · wrinkly

Translations (7)

ga rocach (having a rough wrinkled surface) · la rūgōsus (having a rough wrinkled surface) · ga rocach (having wrinkles, creases, or ridges) · bg сбръчкан (having wrinkles, creases, or ridges) · bg нагънат (having wrinkles, creases, or ridges) · la rūgōsus (having wrinkles, creases, or ridges) · es rugoso (having wrinkles, creases, or ridges)