granulose
English
Etymology
granule + -ose
Noun
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
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- organules
Italian
Adjective
granulose
- feminine plural of granuloso
Anagrams
- surgelano
Latin
Adjective
grānulōse
- vocative masculine singular of grānulōsus