† granitose, a. Obs.
[f. granite a. + -ose.]
Having some of the characteristics of granite.
| 1811 Pinkerton Petral. I. 128 Weight, sometimes granitose, sometimes carbonose. Ibid. II. 181 A rock whose base is a mixture of felspar and black hornblende, both in small grains..in this kind of granitose paste are contained tolerably regular crystals of..felspar. |