granulose
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Adjective (1)
- composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency“granular sugar”“the photographs were grainy and indistinct”“it left a mealy residue”Synonyms: farinaceouscoarse-grainedgrainygranulargrittymealyOpposite fineSimilar coarse, harsh
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Gran′u·lose′ (grăn′ū-lōs′), noun
Origin: From Granule.
Physiol. Chem. The main constituent of the starch grain or granule, in distinction from the framework of cellulose. Unlike cellulose, it is colored blue by iodine, and is converted into dextrin and sugar by boiling acids and amylolytic ferments. Obsolescent
gran′u·lose′ adjective
Granular.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors