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Webster 1913 Edition
Rugous
Ru′gous
,Adj.
[Cf. F.
rugueux
.] Wrinkled; rugose.
Webster 1828 Edition
Rugous
RU'GOUS
,Adj.
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.