Granum
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Granum is a noun meaning (biology) A stack-like structure in plant chloroplasts that contain chlorophyll; the site of photosynthesis.
Meaning
(biology) A stack-like structure in plant chloroplasts that contain chlorophyll; the site of photosynthesis.
More Meanings
- (obsolete, regional) One's grandmother.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- grana
- granums
- grannum
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include grannum, chloroplastid, thylakoid, chromoplastid, granule, chromoplast.
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