Definition of Grana

1. Noun. (plural of granum) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Grana

1. granum [n] - See also: granum

Medical Definition of Grana

1. Bodies within the chloroplasts of plant cells that contain layers composed of chlorophyll and phospholipids. Origin: pl. Of L. Granum, grain (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grana

gramophonic
gramophonist
gramophonists
gramophony
gramp
grampa
grampas
grampies
gramps
grampus
grampuses
grampy
grams
gran
gran casa
grana (current term)
granadilla
granadilla tree
granadilla wood
granadillas
granadillo
granaries
granary
granary bread
granarys
granatin
granatins
granatite
granatum
grand

Literary usage of Grana

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New annual register, or General repository of history, politics, and by Andrew Kippis (1792)
"NATURAL HISTORY of the grana KERMES. [From the fame Volume. ... here growing to the height of from twelve inches to two feet. The grana ..."

2. Irish Minstrelsy, Or, Bardic Remains of Ireland: With English Poetical by Turlough Carolan (1831)
"While minstrels and monks with one heart-pulse of zeal, Sing and pray for the king and his own grana Weal! The monarch of millions is riding the sea, ..."

3. History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle (1890)
"The opinion which grana himself formed of the Spanish government, may be learned from a conversation which he held at Madrid, in 1680, with the French ..."

4. Scenes in Ireland: With Historical Illustrations, Legends, and Biographical by George Newenham Wright (1834)
"The popular air, called grana Uile, was revived in the year 1753, and a celebrated party song adapted to its measures, during the government of the Duke ..."

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