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rivose

rivose adjective: marked with sinuate and irregular furrows.

Adjective

rivose (not comparable)

  1. (uncommon) Marked with sinuate and irregular furrows.
    • wings with rivose lines

Origin of rivose

From Latin rivus (“a brook, channel”).

Questions about rivose

What does rivose mean?
Rivose means marked with sinuate and irregular furrows.
What part of speech is rivose?
Rivose is an adjective.

Words near rivose in the dictionary

  1. Rivne
  2. rivo
  3. rivoglitazone
  4. Rivoli
  5. Rivonia
  6. rivose
  7. rivulariaceous
  8. rivularioid
  9. rivulet
  10. rivulets
  11. rivulid

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