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Definition of Granulose
1. Adjective. Composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency. "It left a mealy residue"
Similar to: Coarse, Harsh
Derivative terms: Grain, Graininess, Grain, Granularity, Grit
Definition of Granulose
1. n. 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.
Definition of Granulose
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Granulose
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Granulose
Literary usage of Granulose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Physiology of the Domestic Animals: A Text-book for Veterinary and by Robert Meade Smith (1890)
"granulose stains blue with iodine,—not by the formation of a chemical compound,
... The granulose then passes into solution, while the cellulose remains. ..."
2. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1899)
"... 25-50mm. x.25—.5 mm., pale brown, short-pedicellate,the valves twisted ; spores
yellow, thickly granulose-papillate, especially on the convex ..."
3. A Text book of physiology by Michael Foster (1881)
"The starch- corpuscle consists of granulose giving a blue colour with iodine ...
The saliva acts on the granulose, converting it into su^.ir ; it is unable ..."
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