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Surface Relief Comparison Chart
 

Smooth to Rough: no distinct texture evident, includes smooth, rough, scabratescabrate:
surface relief—rough, having small, stout, stiff, more or less acute protrusions
, scabrid, scabridous, scabrous

Striate: having fine, parallel lines, grooves or ridges

Ridgedridged:
surface relief—raised, thick ridges, sharp edged or rounded, usually in a series that may cover the entire surface
 to groovedgrooved:
surface relief—linear depressions that may be single or form a series of grooves over the surface
: irregular raised, sharp or rounded, ridges in a series (ridgedridged:
surface relief—raised, thick ridges, sharp edged or rounded, usually in a series that may cover the entire surface
), linearlinear:
(shape) long, narrow, and uniform in width; (of embryo) embryo is straight and much longer than wide
rounded, longitudinallongitudinal:
of or relating to length or the lengthwise dimension
ridges (ribbedribbed:
surface relief—wide, prominent, linear ridges that are generally rounded and longitudinally situated on the surface
), or with longitudinallongitudinal:
of or relating to length or the lengthwise dimension
depressions (groovedgrooved:
surface relief—linear depressions that may be single or form a series of grooves over the surface
), includes furrowed, sulcatesulcate:
surface relief—having one or more elongate, relatively narrow and shallow depressions or grooves
, caniculate

Bubbled or blisteredblistered:
surface relief—covered with irregular raised, hollow granules that give the surface a bubbled appearance
: covered with irregular raised, hollow granules that give the surface a bubbled appearance, includes colliculatecolliculate:
surface relief—covered with small, round projections, similar to blistered
and pustularpustular:
surface relief - with small blisters or pustules
.

Glandular: covered with small, raised secretory glands, regular or irregularly shaped, translucenttranslucent:
transmitting light uniformly and diffusely
or opaqueopaque:
not transmitting light
, and maybe distinctly colored gland-dotted, raised

Granular: having a grainy surface

Pittedpitted:
surface relief—surface with small depressions in which the areas between the hollows do not take on the appearance of a true reticular net
 or punctatepunctate:
surface relief - dotted with pits or with translucent, sunken glands or with colored dots, similar to pitted
: surface with small depressions in which the areas between the hollows do not take on the appearance of a true reticular net. Or, dotted with pits or with translucenttranslucent:
transmitting light uniformly and diffusely
, sunken glands or with colored dots. Includes gland-dotted, sunken foveate, scrobiculate.

Reticulatereticulate:
surface relief—netted, raised walls or concave grooves forming a net-like surface pattern with flat, concave, or convex interspaces
 or Alveolatealveolate:
surface relief—reticulated, honeycombed; ridges that intersect to form polygonal cells with a regular size and shape similar to a honeycomb
: raised walls or concave grooves forming a net-like surface pattern with flat, concave, or convex interspaces. Includes honeycombed, cobblestone-like, faveolatus, netted, tessellate, cancellate, and areolate.

Tuberculatetuberculate:
surface relief—bearing small, warty, swelling, rounded, or variously shaped projections
 or Papillatepapillate:
surface relief—bearing minute, distinct, broad-based projections, tapering to a rounded apex
: small or large, distinct, broadbased projections (often wartywarty:
surface relief—distinct, rounded projections that are large relative to the fruit size; tuberculate, verrucose
), tapering to a rounded apexapex:
the point farthest from the point of attachment, or the "tip" of an organ
. Includes verrucoseverrucose:
surface relief—warty, covered with wart-like projections
, wartywarty:
surface relief—distinct, rounded projections that are large relative to the fruit size; tuberculate, verrucose
, tuberculose.

Wrinkled: shallow, irregular folds and furrows covering the surface or appearing as though crumpled and then spread out. Includes rugoserugose:
wrinkled
, corrugate, rugulose.

Veined: lines that intersect in a vein pattern that is flush or slightly raised from the surface. Includes nerved.

Spiny: having slender, stiff, sharp projections oriented in the general plane of a structure. Includes spinose echinate, muricatemuricate:
surface relief—rough with small, hard, sharp projections
, prickly, and spiculiferous.