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granulose

American  
[gran-yuh-lohs] / ˈgræn yəˌloʊs /

adjective

  1. granular.


granulose British  
/ -ˌləʊz, ˈɡrænjʊˌləʊs /

adjective

  1. a less common word for granular

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of granulose

First recorded in 1850–55; granule + -ose 1

Example Sentences

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A few of the species are characterized by a smooth cap; in some instances it is granulose or mealy.

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas

Cap thin, wrinkled or corrugated, granulose, mealy; gills white, reaching the stem, sometimes free.

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas

Sporangium obovoid to turbinate, olive-yellow to olive-brown in color, stipitate; the wall densely granulose within, externally smooth and shining, the upper part soon disappearing, leaving a funnel-shaped persistent base.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)

Sporangia regular and stipitate, rarely sessile; the wall a thin membrane, minutely granulose, colored as the spores and capillitium, the upper part soon torn away in a somewhat circumscissile manner, and early disappearing.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)

Sporangium ovoid-oblong; the calyculus small, sulcate and ribbed, granulose.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)

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