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Wrinkles, to botanists
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rugae
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n. (plural of ruga English)
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Rugae is a term used in anatomy that refers to a series of ridges produced by folding of the wall of an organ . Most commonly the term is applied to the internal surface of the stomach ( gastric rugae ).
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Ruga \Ru"ga\, n.; pl. Rug[ae] . [L.] (Nat. Hist.) A wrinkle; a fold; as, the rug[ae] of the stomach.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
plural of ruga (1775), from Latin ruga "a wrinkle in the face," from PIE *rug- , variant of *reue- (2) "to smash, knock down, tear up, dig up, uproot" (see rough (adj.)).