[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

grainy \grain"y\ gr=an"y^, a.
   resembling grains; granular.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

grainy
     adj : composed of or covered with relatively large particles;
           "granular sugar"; "gritty sand" syn: farinaceous, coarse-grained,
            granular, granulose, gritty, mealy, sandy
     also: grainiest, grainier
see also:
farinaceous coarse-grained granular granulose gritty mealy 
sandy grainiest grainier 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

54 moby thesaurus words for "grainy":
   arenaceous, arenarious, breccial, brecciated, broken, bumpy,
   choppy, coarse, coarse-grained, corrugated, cross-grained, grained,
   granular, granulate, granulated, gravelly, gritty, gross, homespun,
   horripilant, inequal, irregular, jolty, linsey-woolsey, pebbled,
   pebbly, pimply, pitted, pocky, potholed, rank, ripply, rough,
   rough-cast, rough-grained, rough-hewn, ruffled, rutted, rutty,
   sabulous, sandy, shagged, shaggy, shingled, shingly, textured,
   uneven, unkempt, unlevel, unpolished, unrefined, unsmooth,
   ununiform, wimpled

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