Definition of granular
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icy, granular snow makes for terrible skiing—if you can, ski on light, powdery snow
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The application rate for most granular fertilizers is 1/2 cup per bush, worked into the soil lightly in a circle within 18 inches of the trunk.
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The acid crumbs of loam, the granularpink rock, its igneous veins, the sea-fans of dry moss, the blackish and then the graying bristles on the back of his neck.
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Granular fertilizers are generally applied about every six to eight weeks.
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To keep your angelonias growing vigorously, apply high-nitrogen products in granular forms to beds and in liquid and timed-release forms to the soil in pots.
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Facebook also has a much more granular set of data than many publishers have about their own audiences, meaning advertisers can target, say, a 35-year-old woman in New York reading Marie Claire.
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The show doesn’t, and probably can’t, get so granular.
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Origin and Etymology of granular
see granule
First Known Use: 1762
GRANULAR Defined for English Language Learners
granular
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: made of or appearing to be made of small pieces or granules
Medical Dictionary
granular
playMedical Definition of granular
1a: consisting of or containing granules : having a grainy textureb: having granules with an affinity for specific biological stains granular cytoplasm
2: having or marked by granulations granular tissue
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