granulose

[Eng., ., granul(e): -ose.] A name given to the part of the starch granules which is di olved by dilute acids and acted upon by ferments; the residue is said to consist of a variety of cellulose, insoluble in water, which by long boiling is converted into granulose. grăn-u-lous, a . [Fr. granuleux , from granule ; Sp. granuloso : Ital. granelloso .] Full of grains or granules; granular. grāpe (1), s. [GRAIP (1), s.] grāpe (2), s. [GRAIP (2), 8.] grape (3), *graap, s . [Fr. grappe a bunch or cluster of grapes; M. H. Ger. krappe ; O. H. Ger. chraphoa hook; M. H. Ger. kripfen ; O. H. Ger. chripphen to seize, to clutch.] I. Ordinary Language: A. As substantive: Bot., Hort., .: The fruit of Vitis vinifera , or that important plant itself. [VITIS.] The native country of the vine is the region round the Caspian Sea, extending through Armenia as far west as the Crimea. It has been cultivated from the remotest antiquity (Gen. ix. 20). It flourishes in Turkey, Greece, Italy, Spain, France, Germany, and this country. Bear's grape is Vaccinium arctostaphylos , also Arctostaphylos uva ursi ; the Corinth grape is the Black Corinth variety of Vitis vinifera, the one which furnishes dried currants; the Sea-grape is Ephedra distachya , also Sarga um bacciferum; and the Seaside grape Coccoloba uvifera . II. Technically : 2063