rugose

Adjective Satellite

of leaves; ridged or wrinkled

Adj

Having rugae or wrinkles, creases, ridges, or corrugation.
Rugged, rough, unrefined.
Having a rough, wrinkled, or wavy surface; commonly in parasynthetic usage e.g. "rugose-veined" or "rugose-leaved".
Describing a fossil coral of the extinct order †Rugosa (also called Tetracoralla), this order has horn-shaped corals with surfaces covered with ridges.
Used when combined with another adjective, for example, rugose-reticulate or rugose-punctate.

Adjective

Wrinkled, ridged, or covered with folds.

Examples

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Origin / Etymology

From Latin rūgōsus (“wrinkled”).

Synonyms

bewrinkled, coarse, harsh, purfly, rough, squarrose, wrinkled, wrinkly

Scrabble Score: 7

rugose: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
rugose: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
rugose: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

rugose: valid Words With Friends Word