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granulose

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

adjective

  1. granular.


granulose British  
/ ˈɡrænjʊˌləʊs, -ˌləʊz /

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


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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 Thomas Taylor

Sporangia obovoid to oblong, sessile, closely crowded and irregular from mutual pressure; the wall thin, yellow, shining, punctulate or minutely granulose.

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

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 Thomas Taylor

Lachnobolus incarnatus, A. & S. Sporangia globose or ellipsoidal, substipitate, closely crowded and seated on a common hypothallus; the wall thin and delicate, pellucid, minutely granulose, dehiscing irregularly.

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

Sporangium ovoid; the calyculus very small, finely ribbed and granulose.

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

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