rugose

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rugose - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Rugose \Ru*gose"\, a. [L. rugosus, r. ruga a wrinkle.]
     Wrinkled; full of wrinkles; specifically (Bot.), having the
     veinlets sunken and the spaces between them elevated, as the
     leaves of the sage and horehound.
     [1913 Webster]

rugose - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  rugose
      adj 1: of leaves; ridged or wrinkled