rugose

English

WOTD – 11 April 2007    

Etymology

From Latin rūgōsus "wrinkled"

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /rʊˈɡəʊs/
• (US) IPA: /ˌruːˈɡoʊs/

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• Rhymes: -əʊs

Adjective

rugose (comparative more rugose, superlative most rugose)

1. Having rugae or wrinkles, creases, ridges, or corrugation.
2. (figuratively, rare) Rugged, rough, unrefined.
3. (botany) Having a rough, wrinkled surface; Parasynthetic, e.g. rugose-veined or rugose-leaved.
4. (paleontology) Describing a fossil coral of the extinct order Rugosa (also called Tetracoralla), this order has horn-shaped corals with surfaces covered with ridges.
5. (entomology) Combined another adjective, for example, rugose-reticulate or rugose-punctate.

Noun

rugose (plural rugoses)

1. Compound form: rugose mosaic. One of a few mosaic diseases identified by a marked wrinkling of the leaves and greater chlorosis and dwarfing compared with other mosaics. Rugose mosaics is most commonly seen with potatoes.

Translations

having wrinkles, creases, or ridges

• Latin: rugosus (la) m

• Spanish: rugoso (es) m

having a rough wrinkled surface

• Latin: rugosus (la) m

Anagrams

• grouse
• rogues
• rouges

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Italian

Adjective

rugose f

1. Feminine plural form of rugoso

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Latin

Adjective

rūgōse

1. vocative masculine singular of rūgōsus