rugose

adjective

1. 1

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

2. 2

   Rugged, rough, unrefined.

3. 3

   Having a rough, wrinkled, or wavy surface; commonly in parasynthetic usage e.g. rugose-veined or rugose-leaved.

4. 4

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

5. 5

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