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[ creanteor, tee. IMG:content-2584.png:[blocks in formation] granula (gran'ū-lä), n.; pl. granulæ (-lē). [NL., fem. (cf. LL. granulum, neut.), a little grain: see granule.] 1. In bot., a little grain: applied to the large sporule contained in the center of many algæ, as Gloionema. -2. In zoöl.: (a) [ cap.] A genus of mollusks. (b) A small rounded elevation; one of the elevations of a granulated surface. Also granule.-3. In an at., a granule.