Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In botany, a little grain: applied to the large sporule contained in the center of many algæ, as Gloionema.
  • noun In zoology: A genus of mollusks.
  • noun A small rounded elevation; one of the elevations of a granulated surface. Also granule.
  • noun In anatomy, a granule.

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  • Next came "granula," which was made from Graham's graham flour in

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  • Next came "granula," which was made from Graham's graham flour in

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  • He, too, called it granula - until he was sued by Jackson.

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  • He, too, called it granula - until he was sued by Jackson.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • He, too, called it granula - until he was sued by Jackson.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • Place of Origin: Hebei, China (Mainland) copper wire recycling plant: used to extract the wire and make the wires into granula. copper wire recycling plant: specially used to process the automobile electricity route, the communication electric cable line and each kind of smeary mixed material electric cable line.

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  • Place of Origin: Hebei, China (Mainland) copper wire recycling plant: used to extract the wire and make the wires into granula. copper wire recycling plant: specially used to process the automobile electricity route, the communication electric cable line and each kind of smeary mixed material electric cable line.

    Random headlines from Syndic8.com 2009

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