granum

American  

[grey-nuhm] / ˈgreɪ nəm /

noun

grana plural

1. (in prescriptions) a grain.

2. Botany. one of the structural units of a chloroplast in vascular plants, consisting of layers of thylakoids.

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granum Scientific  

/ grā′nəm /

grana plural

1. A stacked membranous structure within the chloroplasts of plants and green algae that contains the chlorophyll and is the site of the light reactions of photosynthesis. The saclike membranes that make up grana are known as thylakoids.

2. See more at chloroplast

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• grana
  plural

Etymology

Origin of granum

From Latin

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

granum grana

It is usually composed of three simple minerals, felspar, quartz, and mica, and derives its name from having a coarse granular structure; granum, Latin for grain.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

I've made her postum cereal coffee and cooked her granum, and I went out and begged dewberries from the Bigelows—she used to be fond of them—and I don't know how many times I've made toast.

From Stories That End Well An Adventure in Altruria——Through the Terrors of the Law——The Real Thing——The Old Partisan——Max—Or His Picture——The Stout Miss Hopkins' Bicycle——The Spellbinder——The Object of the Federation——The Little Lonely Girl——The Hero of Company G——A Miracle Play by Thanet, Octave

Malted milk, Mellin's food, imperial granum, can be used when the milk cannot be taken.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson

‘Grain’ is from Lat. granum, a seed, applied to small objects, and hence to the coccus or cochineal insect which yields a variety of red dyes.

From Milton's Comus by Bell, William

From two Latin words, "filum," a thread, and "granum," a grain. otto-of-roses.

From Stories from Tagore by Tagore, Rabindranath

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

Pepperjack and Gouda are safe bets, but avoid cheeses that don't melt well, such as grana, haloumi, or anything fresh or soft.

From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2023

Differences: mitochondria have a matrix and 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

The meadows are mowed six times a year, and the grass is fed green to Swiss cows, which are kept in great numbers for the manufacture of "frommaggio di grana," or Parmesan cheese.

From Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro by Harrison, Fairfax