granum

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Definition of granum

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A stack-like structure in plant chloroplasts that contain chlorophyll; the site of photosynthesis.
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noun

  1. A stack-like structure in plant chloroplasts that contain chlorophyll; the site of photosynthesis.
  2. (obsolete, regional)One's grandmother.
    “Each of 'em has a ſev'ral Gin, / To catch Intelligences in. / Some by the Noſe vvith fumes trapan 'em, / As Dunſtan did the Devils Grannum.”

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Etymology

From the late 19th c., from Latin grānum (“grain, seed or small kernel”). Doublet of corn, grain, gram, and grao.

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