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granuliferous

adj

Etymology

From granule + -i- + -ferous.

  1. derived from grānum
  2. borrowed from grānulum
  3. borrowed from granule
  4. formed as granuliferous — “granule + -i- + -ferous”

Definitions

  1. Full of granulations or granules.

    • granuliferous cells
    • granuliferous mucus
    • granuliferous plasma

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for granuliferous. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA