| 释义 |
granulose, n. and a.|grænjʊˈləʊs|
[f. as granuloma + -ose.]
A. n. One of the essential constituents (the other being cellulose) of the starch granule, which gives a blue colour with iodine, and is converted into sugar by the saliva.
1875Bennett & Dyer Sachs' Bot. 589 A grain of starch leaves behind a skeleton containing very little solid material when the granulose has been extracted. 1878Kingzett Anim. Chem. 48 Starch consists of an outer coating of cellulose enclosing alternating layers of granulose.
B. adj. = granular.
1852Dana Crust. i. 245 Areolets plane, granulose. |