A small grain or particle of a substance; a tiny rounded or compressed mass.
From Latin 'granulum,' a diminutive form of 'granum' meaning 'grain.' The word entered English in the 17th century through scientific and medical terminology.
Granules are everywhere in nature—from starch granules in your food to iron granules in bird beaks (which help them navigate using Earth's magnetic field) to the granules of solar convection visible on the sun's surface.
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