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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

Sporangia subglobose, irregular, sessile, crowded, forming clusters or effused patches; the wall thin, yellow, densely granulose and venulose.

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

Columella white, hemispheric or depressed and irregular, the surface granulose.

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

Brucke gave the name erythrogranulose to a substance nearly related to granulose, but with a stronger affinity for iodine, and receiving from it not a blue but a red color.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 by Various

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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