rugose

English

WOTD – 11 April 2007

Primula vulgaris has unusually rugose leaves

Etymology

From Latin rūgōsus (“wrinkled”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹʊˈɡəʊs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɹuːˈɡoʊs/

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• Rhymes: -əʊs

Adjective

rugose (comparative more rugose, superlative most rugose)

1. Having rugae or wrinkles, creases, ridges, or corrugation.
2. (figurative, rare) Rugged, rough, unrefined.
3. (botany) Having a rough, wrinkled, or wavy surface; commonly in parasynthetic usage e.g. "rugose-veined" or "rugose-leaved".
   • 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^[1], Thomas Osborne, pages 261–:

     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,)

   • 1866, Botanical Society of Edinburgh, Transactions of the Botanical Society‎^[2], pages 459–:

     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.

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) Used when combined with another adjective, for example, rugose-reticulate or rugose-punctate.

Synonyms

• (having rugae): bewrinkled, purfly, wrinkly; see also Thesaurus:wrinkled
• (rugged, rough): coarse, harsh, squarrose; see also Thesaurus:rough

Derived terms

• rugose mosaic
• rugosimeter
• rugulose

Translations

having wrinkles, creases, or ridges

• Bulgarian: сбръчкан (bg) (sbrǎčkan), нагънат (bg) (nagǎnat)
• Irish: rocach
• Latin: rūgōsus m
• Spanish: rugoso (es)

having a rough wrinkled surface

• Irish: rocach
• Latin: rūgōsus m

Anagrams

• -gerous, Rogues, grouse, orgues, rogues, rouges

Italian

Adjective

rugose f pl

1. feminine plural of rugoso

Latin

Adjective

rūgōse

1. vocative masculine singular of rūgōsus