Literary notes about Granular (AI summary)
The term "granular" is frequently employed to evoke a sense of tactile texture and minute composition, particularly in descriptions of natural substances. In some texts, it characterizes the delicate, fine particles that make up materials—such as the soft, pure white substance noted for its almost imperceptible granularity [1] or the granular feldspar that dominates certain rock formations [2]. Authors extend this usage to describe the transformation of rocks, as limestone loses its earthy texture to become both granular and crystalline [3] or as limestone morphs into granular marble [4, 5]. Even within botanical descriptions, the word illustrates the texture of seeds and glands, emulating the small, discrete components of these structures [6, 7]. This diverse application underscores the term's ability to convey both physical granularity and the intricate details inherent in natural materials.
- It has a fine granular texture, is usually of a pure white colour, and is so soft that it can be scratched with the nail.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide by Various - 622, the white layers consist almost exclusively of granular feldspar, with here and there a speck of mica and grain of quartz.
— from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne - The argillaceous limestone undergoes analogous mutations, losing its earthy texture as it approaches the dike, and becoming granular and crystalline.
— from The Fables of Aesop by Aesop - Nat. de Paris, tome v. [ 572 ] is changed into granular marble, with a band of serpentine at the junction.
— from Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman - Here the limestone begins to put on a granular texture, but is extremely fine-grained.
— from Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman - Seeds numerous, polyhedrous, albuminous, surface granular. Habitat .—In
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. Pardo de Tavera - In the axil of each bract; [ 222 ] ovary, 3 locules each with 1 ovule, covered like the leaves with hairs and yellow, granular glands.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. Pardo de Tavera
