granilla

[Sp., dim in. of grano: Latin granum a grain, seed. The dust or small grains of the cochineal insect. *gran-it, a . [Eng. grain (2), s.; -it , -ed.] Forked, barbed. *grăn-1-tar, s. [Eng. grain ; -ter .] An officer belonging to a religious house, who had the charge of the granaries; a grainger.