Definition of "small-grained" [small-grained]

• Consisting of fine particles (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Muscovado was the product of the final crystallization from the dark mother liquor p. 675; it was brown, small-grained, sticky, and strong-flavored."
• "Basmati rice is a small-grained rice from India and Pakistan that has a wonderful texture and aromatic flavor basmati translated means “queen of fragrance”."
• "She was scarcely curious as to the food, which consisted of some sort of vegetable and meat stew, together with butterless bread, a kind of small-grained corn on the cob, a yellowish root-vegetable not unlike turnips, and large quantities of berries."