ru·gose

(ro͞o′gōs′) also ru·gous (-gəs)

adj. Biology

Having a rough, ridged, or wrinkled surface: rugose spores.

[Latin rūgōsus, from rūga, wrinkle.]

ru′gose′ly adv.

ru·gos′i·ty (-gŏs′ĭ-tē) n.

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rugose

(ˈruːɡəʊs; -ɡəʊz) ,

rugous

rugate

adj

wrinkled: rugose leaves.

[C18: from Latin rūgōsus, from rūga a wrinkle]

ˈrugosely adv

rugosity n

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ru•gose

(ˈru goʊs, ruˈgoʊs)

adj.

1. having wrinkles; ridged.

2. (of leaves) rough and wrinkled.

[1695–1705; < Latin rūgōsus wrinkled. See ruga, -ose¹]

ru•gos′i•ty (-ˈgɒs ɪ ti) n.

rugose

- Means marked by rugae, or wrinkles, from Latin ruga, "wrinkle."

ru·gose

a. arrugado-a, lleno-a de arrugas.

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Molar crowns square with small accessory pillars, and with slightly rugose enamel (Colbert, 1935).

New Cervid (Artiodactyla) Fossils from Middle Siwaliks of Pakistan

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Dos nuevas especies de los grupos Drosophila flavopilosa y Drosophila morelia (Diptera: Drosophilidae) en los Andes Orientales del Ecuador

This virus is involved in the rugose wood complex as the agent of the disorder known as Rupestris stem pitting, and some of its strains have been shown to have a very close association with specific symptoms and disorders (BOUYAHIA et al., 2005).

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Diagnosis.--Body slightly elongated, 5 to 6 times the length of the pronotum; integument rugose. Head conical, the maximum width of head across the eyes almost as long as the pronotum in the males, slightly shorter in females; fastigium of vertex clearly projecting forward with a deep furrow which merges with frontal ridge sulcus, apex of fastigium rounded, fastigium 1/4 the length of pronotum and about 1/2 the length of the fastigium of G opilionoides (Table 1: FL); width of fastigium 1/3 the length of pronotum; frontal ridge low and discontinuous; frons incurved; eye large and oval; antenna fine, filiform, longer than the head and pronotum together.

Redescription and diagnosis of the African genus Gemeneta Karsch, 1892 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Catantopinae)

Development and validation of kinetic model for enzymatic hydrolysis using Candida rugose lipase.

EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT PARAMETERS ON THE LIPOLYTIC ACTIVITIES OF LIPASE AND PHOSPHOLIPASE EXTRACTED FROM PRUNUS ARMINICA MEAL OF HUNZA CULTIVAR

Lobes irregularly branched, laterally overlapped to somewhat crowded in the central parts, 6-12 mm wide, surface continuous to irregular, usually smooth in the apices, becoming rugose towards the center, sublustrous; apical zone rounded; margin smooth to slightly crenate, rarely with sublacinules, undulated.

Parmotrema screminiae (Parmeliaceae), a Novel Lichen Species from Brazil with Potent Antimicrobial Activity

Pronotum rugose and polished and with presence of pronope (Figure 2d).

A new species of Tanycarpa Forster (1862) (Hymenoptera, Braconidae: Alysiinae) from Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil/Uma nova especie de Tanycarpa Forster (1862) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae) do Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Mantle muscular, rugose, with small, fleshy, irregular 'warts' over all surfaces (Fig.

Squids of the family Onychoteuthidae Gray, 1847 in the southeastern Pacific Ocean

triphylla were trilete, non-chlorophyllous, amber in colour, with slightly rugose perispore, and nearly rounded in shape, with little variation in size, 32.9 [+ or -] 1.9 x 35.2 [+ or -] 2.4 [micro]m (Fig.

Gametofito de Doryopteris triphylla (Pteridaceae, Polypodiopsida)