gran i form (gran i form)

[ granilla (gra-nil'ä; Sp. pron. grä-nē'lyä), п. [Sp., dim. of grana, cochineal, grain: see grain1.] Small or half-grown cochineal-insects. See grain1, 11. There is often a second production of cochineal before the wet season sets in; if so, it is scraped off with a knife and dried, but it is of inferior quality, and is sold under the name of granilla . Calvert , Dyeing and Calico-printing, p. 208.