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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency;
- Example: "granular sugar"
- Example: "the photographs were grainy and indistinct"
- Example: "it left a mealy residue"
[syn: farinaceous, coarse-grained, grainy, granular, granulose, gritty, mealy]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Granulose \Gran"u*lose`\ (gr[a^]n"[-u]*l[=o]s`), n. [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] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

granulose \gran"u*lose`\, a. Granular. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

granulose adj 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" [syn: farinaceous, coarse-grained, grainy, granular, granulose, gritty, mealy]