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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

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Etymology

Origin of granulose

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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

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