rugose
adjective ROO-gohss
Definition
1 : full of wrinkles
2 : having the veinlets sunken and the spaces between elevated
Examples
The leaves of the plant are dark green and rugose.
"I lost no time in asking directions of a stooped crone shuffling along the sleepy sidewalk, who turned her rugose visage towards me and shouted in a coarse and idiomatic form of French…." — John A. Minahan, The Providence (Rhode Island) Journal, 23 Aug. 2015
Source:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/rugose-2016-01-08
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