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rugose

Pronunciation:  'roogows

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  (botany) of leaves; ridged or wrinkled
 
 Synonyms: rough, unsmooth
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ru*gose"\, a. [L. rugosus, r. ruga a wrinkle.]
Wrinkled; full of wrinkles; specifically (Bot.), having the
veinlets sunken and the spaces between them elevated, as the
leaves of the sage and horehound.

 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: Deeply wrinkled.
 



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