Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Granulose

Granulose (gran"u*lōs`) , noun

[From Granule.]

(Physiology Chemistry) The main constituent of the starch grain or granule, in distinction from the framework of cellulose. Unlike cellulose, it is colored blue by iodine, and is converted into dextrin and sugar by boiling acids and amylolytic ferments. [Obsolescent]

granulose , adjective

Granular.