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Rugose
Wrinkled; (More strictly) covered in reticulate lines, with the spaces in between convex. With wrinkled or creased surface.
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Rugae
Wrinkles, folds. Folds and ridges of tissue present in mucous membranes of organs such as the intestine and vagina.
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Rufous
(Colour) reddish (various shades).
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Rufescent
Becoming reddish.
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Rudimentary
Small and non-functional, arrested at an early stage of development. Imperfectly developed. Existing in a small form, or not developed fully. Underdeveloped or only partially formed, often referred to as vestigial or abortive.
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Ruderal
From the Latin rudus, meaning ‘old rubbish’, growing in waste places. A habitat which is dry, generally under-vegetated and often waste ground, usually colonised by pioneering or ‘weedy’ species of plants.
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Rounded
(Usually of the base or apex of a plane shape) smoothly curved, without abrupt angles. The apex gently curved.
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Rotundate
(Plane shape) between oblong and rounded in outline.
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Rotund
2-dimensional shape between oblong and rounded in outline, nearly round. Having a roundish outline.
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Rotate
Wheel-shaped, usually of a corolla with a very short tube and spreading lobes. Having the parts flat and spreading or radiating like the spokes of a wheel. To move in a circle, or make something move in a circle.
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