granulose

English edit

Etymology edit

granule +‎ -ose

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹænjʊləʊz/

Noun edit

granulose (uncountable)

(biochemistry) The main constituent of the starch grain or granule, in distinction from the framework of cellulose. It is coloured blue by iodine, and is converted into dextrin and sugar by boiling acids and amylolytic ferments.

Adjective edit

granulose (comparative more granulose, superlative most granulose)

granular

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “granulose”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams edit

organules

Italian edit

Adjective edit

granulose

feminine plural of granuloso

Anagrams edit

surgelano

Latin edit

Adjective edit

grānulōse

vocative masculine singular of grānulōsus