ribbed

RIBBED

costatus (PROP. Varr.; e.g. boves): nervosus (of plants; e.g. cauliculi Plin.).

ribbed (part. and adj.): perh. best expr. by striātus (hollowed out into grooves): applied to r. shells, Pl. Rud. 2, 1, 9; to plants, Plin. 19, 8, 42; to pillars, Vitr. 4, 3, 9: cf. FLUTED: if of leaves, v. VEINED.