Definition of Granuliferous

1. Adjective. Producing or full of granules.

Partainyms: Granule

Definition of Granuliferous

1. a. Full of granulations.

Definition of Granuliferous

1. Adjective. Full of granulations. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Granuliferous

granulates
granulating
granulatio
granulation
granulation tissue
granulationes
granulationes arachnoideales
granulations
granulator
granulators
granule
granule cell
granule cell of connective tissue
granule cells
granules
granuliferous (current term)
granuliform
granulite
granulites
granulitic
granulo-
granuloblast
granuloblastosis
granulocyte
granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor
granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor
granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factors
granulocytes
granulocytic
granulocytic leukaemia

Literary usage of Granuliferous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Flora of the Rocky Mountains and Adjacent Plains, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming by Per Axel Rydberg (1917)
"Stems 2-3 dm. high, hirsute and resinous- granuliferous; lower leaves oblanceolate and petioled, the upper lanceolate, sessile, 1-3 cm. long; ..."

2. North American Flora by New York Botanical Garden (1905)
"Perennial, with a short rootstock and more or less tuberous-thickened roots; stem slender, 2-10 dm. high, branched above, glandular-granuliferous and ..."

3. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1872)
"The granuliferous cells represented in the dermal ... charged more or less with globular granuliferous cells, also bearing (66) the pores; c, interstice or ..."

4. Report on the Geological Survey of the State of Iowa by Iowa Geological Survey, James Hall, Josiah Dwight Whitney (1858)
"... when perfect, are marked by three or four distinct nodes with the intermediate spaces granuliferous, with tentacles from the centre of the inner edge. ..."

5. The Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by John Timbs (1864)
"As to the vessels stated to contain transparent and granuliferous liquids, and to branch out and become anastomosed, like certain lacteal vessels, ..."

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