granum
Americannoun
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grana
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(in prescriptions) a grain.
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Botany. one of the structural units of a chloroplast in vascular plants, consisting of layers of thylakoids.
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grana
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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.
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See more at chloroplast
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Origin of granum
From Latin
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The word, which is usually derived from the Lat. filum, thread, and granum, grain, is not found in Ducange, and is indeed of modern origin.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various
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 Thomas Jefferson Ritter
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 Sir Charles Lyell
From two Latin words, "filum," a thread, and "granum," a grain. otto-of-roses.
From Stories from Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
‘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 William Bell
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 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
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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