granule

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++gran·ule /ˈɡrænjuːl/ noun [countable]  PIECEa small hard piece of something 颗粒，微粒，细粒 coffee granules 咖啡颗粒

Examples from the Corpus

granule• The oral shield is oval to rounded pentagonal with the distal edge fringed by granules or low spinelets.• Although the concentrated granules will burn any plants they touch, the diluted runoff is beneficial and provides fertilizer to plant roots.• The oral papillae are reduced and resemble large flattened granules.• The cerebellum, atop the brain stem, has many more, thanks to so many little granule cell neurons.• Scattered granules are often present on the jaw plates and on parts of the adoral shields.• In the first minute of the plug formation the platelets retain their granules and remain loosely packed.• Both disk and arms are densely covered with granules.Origin granule (1600-1700) Late Latin granulum “small seed”, from Latin granum; → GRAIN

gran·ule nounChineseSyllable  

small of something a hard Corpus piece

granule
gran‧ule /ˈɡrænjuːl/ noun [countable]a small hard piece of something:
    coffee granules

gran·uleBrE /ˈɡrænjuːl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɡrænjuːl/ 🔊 noun [usually plural] a small, hard piece of sth; a small grain 颗粒状物；微粒；细粒◆instant coffee granules速溶咖啡颗粒