granulose
pronunciation
How to pronounce granulose in British English:
UK ['grænjʊləʊs]
How to pronounce granulose in American English:
US ['grænjəˌloʊs]
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- Adjective:
- composed of or covered with relatively large particles
Word Origin
- granulose (n.)
- part of starch convertible into sugar, 1874, coined in German by Swiss botanist Carl Nägeli (1817-1891) from Late Latin granulum "granule, small grain," diminutive of granum "grain" (see grain) + chemical suffix -ose (2).
Example
- 1. Branchlet apex glabrous or glandular granulose , early glabrescent .
- 2. Inflorescences umbellate , 2 - or 3-flowered ; berry granulose .
- 3. Branchlets angular , reddish hirtellous and glandular granulose , glabrescent ; pith solid .
- 4. Clinicopathological study of juvenile granulose cell tumor of the ovary .
- 5. Effect of melatonin on steroid hormone secretion in granulose cells in cultured in vitro .