- 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
Just like traditional pizza Margherita, TJ's version includes tomato sauce — made from tomatoes, onions, garlic, balsamic vinegar, black pepper and dill — along with sliced mozzarella cheese, grana padano and basil.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2022
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
Different from the many grating cheeses made from little balls of curd called grana, Caciocavallo is a pasta fileta, or drawn-curd product.
From The Complete Book of Cheese by Brown, Robert Carlton
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