granulose

American  

[gran-yuh-lohs] / ˈgræn yəˌloʊs /

adjective

1. granular.

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granulose British  

/ -ˌləʊz, ˈɡrænjʊˌləʊs /

adjective

1. a less common word for granular

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Etymology

Origin of granulose

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

Example Sentences

Shell oblong-ovate, and generally of a chestnut red, and the granulose ligament black; the colour of the younger specimens is more brilliant, and sometimes interspersed with yellow.

From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Fitzroy, Robert

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

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

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)

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

P. 5-12 cm. exp. cinnamon or with a pink tinge, dry, granulose or floccose, margin remotely sulcate; g. with decurrent line down stem, crowded; s. 5-8 cm., white, mealy; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George