- plural of granum.
grana
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of grana
Borrowed into English from Latin around 1890–95
Example Sentences
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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
Differences: mitochondria have inner folds called cristae, chloroplast contains accessory pigments in thylakoids, which form grana and a stroma.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
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
Legumina habent Siliquas, quæ includunt grana valvulis, ut, Pisum, 7.
From The Orbis Pictus by Hoole, Charles
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