- plural of granum.
grana
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of grana
Borrowed into English from Latin around 1890–95
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And the high-end mozzarella and freckles of grana cheese make this pizza more opulent than your run-of-the-mill pizza shop.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
This isn't your traditional cacio e pepe — which typically calls for just pasta, grana padano, starchy pasta water and black pepper.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2023
An accompanying kale Caesar circumvented excess healthiness with almost as much grana padano as green leafiness, while dinner rolls had hidden troves of buttery pesto.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2020
I ended up using pieces of dough from the crust to patch up those holes before I layered on the sauce, mozzarella and grana Padano.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2020
It should be remembered that many of Beckwourth’s statements are to be taken cum grana salis.
From A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians by H. C. (Harry Crécy) Yarrow
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