granulose

[ gran-yuh-lohs ]

adjective

1. granular.

granulose

/ -ˌləʊz; ˈɡrænjʊˌləʊs /

adjective

1. a less common word for granular

Word History and Origins

Origin of granulose¹

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.

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

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Sporangium depressed-globose, umbilicate at the apex, stipitate, cernuous, purplish-brown in color; the calyculus granulose within, occupying from one-fourth to one-third of the sporangium, the ribs united by firm, persistent fibers.

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The soluble filtrate from starch paste also contains a substance identical with granulose.

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Valves slightly beaked with minute concentric stri�, the lateral compartments with two marginal ridges, which in some specimens are granulose, in others smooth.

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