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gra·num

(grā′nəm)

n. pl. gra·na (-nə)

A membranous structure within a chloroplast made up of stacks of thylakoids.

[Latin grānum, seed; see grain.]

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granum

(ˈɡrænəm)

(Botany) botany any of the membrane layers in a chloroplast

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gra•num

(ˈgreɪ nəm)

n., pl. -na (-nə).

1. (in prescriptions) a grain.

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

[1890–1900; < Latin]

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The ear of wheat (in Latin spica, obsoletely speca, from spe, hope) should not be the only hope of the husbandman; its kernel or grain (granum from gerendo, bearing) is not all that it bears.

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