granule

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a very small grain or particle of a substance

   Each pollen granule carried the plant's male reproductive cells.

2. 2
   noun

   a small specialized structure or particle within a cell

   The stain revealed a dense granule inside the white blood cell.

From French granule or Late Latin granulum, 'a small grain,' the diminutive of Latin granum, 'grain or seed.' The suffix -ule preserves the idea of small size.

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