rubiginose

English

Alternative forms

rubiginous

Etymology

From Latin rubiginosus, from rubigo, robigo, rust: compare French rubigineux.

Adjective

rubiginose (comparative more rubiginose, superlative most rubiginose)

(botany) Having the appearance or colour of iron rust; rusty-looking.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “rubiginose”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Latin

Adjective

rūbīginōse

vocative masculine singular of rūbīginōsus