Associations to the word «Rugose»

RUGOSE, adjective. Having rugae or wrinkles, creases, ridges, or corrugation.

RUGOSE, adjective. (figurative) (rare) Rugged, rough, unrefined.

RUGOSE, adjective. (botany) Having a rough, wrinkled surface; Parasynthetic, e.g. rugose-veined or rugose-leaved.

RUGOSE, adjective. (paleontology) Describing a fossil coral of the extinct order Rugosa (also called Tetracoralla), this order has horn-shaped corals with surfaces covered with ridges.

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

RUGOSE, noun. 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.

RUGOSE, adjective. Of leaves; ridged or wrinkled.