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granilla

granilla noun: small grains or dust of cochineal.

Noun

granilla (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Small grains or dust of cochineal.

Origin of granilla

From Spanish granilla, from grana plus diminutive suffix -illo. Literally "small seed".

Questions about granilla

What does granilla mean?
Granilla means small grains or dust of cochineal.
What part of speech is granilla?
Granilla is a noun.

Words near granilla in the dictionary

  1. Granicus
  2. Granier
  3. Graniers
  4. graniferous
  5. graniform
  6. granilla
  7. Granillo
  8. Granillos
  9. granin
  10. graning
  11. granins

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