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Webster 1913 Edition


Rugous

Ru′gous

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
rugueux
.]
Wrinkled; rugose.

Webster 1828 Edition


Rugous

RU'GOUS

,
Adj.
[L. rugosus, from ruga, a wrinkle.]
1.
Wrinkled; full of wrinkles.
2.
In botany rugose leaf is when the veins are more contracted than the disk, so that the latter rises into little inequalities, as in sage, primrose, cowslip. &c.

Definition 2024


rugous

rugous

English

Adjective

rugous (comparative more rugous, superlative most rugous)

  1. wrinkled; rugose