rugose vs scabious

rugose

adj
  • Having rugae or wrinkles, creases, ridges, or corrugation. 

  • Rugged, rough, unrefined. 

  • Used when combined with another adjective, for example, rugose-reticulate or rugose-punctate. 

  • Having a rough, wrinkled, or wavy surface; commonly in parasynthetic usage e.g. rugose-veined or rugose-leaved. 

  • Describing a fossil coral of the extinct order †Rugosa (also called Tetracoralla), this order has horn-shaped corals with surfaces covered with ridges. 

scabious

adj
  • Having scabs. 

  • Of or pertaining to scabies. 

noun
  • Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Scabiosa. 

  • Any of several plants of the genus Knautia. 

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