ˈgran(ˌ)yül noun
( -s )
Etymology: Late Latin granulum, diminutive of Latin granum grain — more at corn
1.
a. : a little grain (as of sugar) : a small particle (as of pollen) ; especially : one of a number of particles forming a larger unit
the granules of the rock
the carbon granules in the dry-cell battery
b. : a small sugar-coated pill
2. : one of the small, short-lived, brilliant spots on the sun's seething photosphere that are of irregular shape and several hundred miles in diameter
3. : a clump of actinomycetes in a lesion