Definition of "rugose" [ru•gose]

• Having many wrinkles or creases; ridged or wrinkled. (adjective)
• Botany Having a rough, wrinkled surface, as in certain prominently veined leaves. (adjective)

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• "I remember being in high school reading Lovecraft with a dictionary beside me to look up works like “rugose” and “ululation”."
• "And by esoteric, I mean "squamous and rugose", nudge nudge wink wink."
• "Finally, something more frightening than the epilogue to The Invisible Man, with nary a squamous or rugose in sight."