rugulose

[ roo-gyuh-lohs ]

adjective

1. finely rugose; having many small wrinkles.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rugulose¹

1810–20; < New Latin rūgul ( a ) (diminutive of Latin rūga ruga ) + -ose ¹

Example Sentences

Grain is oblong, obtusely trigonous, or concavo-convex, red-brown and rugulose on the ventral side.

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Grain is nearly globose, compressed on one side, obscurely rugulose.

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Stipe short, brown or blackish at least below, sometimes pallid or grayish above, longitudinally rugulose.

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The stem is white, squamulose, bulb rugulose, ring superior and entire.

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Differs from C. fusipes in rugulose pileus, and in growing singly.

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