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gra⋅na

  [grey-nuh]
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–noun
(in prescriptions) pl. of granum.
Origin:
1890–95; < L
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gra⋅num

  [grey-nuhm]
–noun, plural -na  [-nuh] .
1. (in prescriptions) a grain.
2. Botany. one of the structural units of a chloroplast in vascular plants, consisting of layers of thylakoids.
Origin:
< L
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gra·na   (grā'nə)   
n.  Plural of granum.
gra·num   (grā'nəm)   
n.   pl. gra·na (-nə)
A stacked membranous structure within a chloroplast that contains the chlorophyll and is the site of the light reactions of photosynthesis.

[Latin grānum, seed; see grain.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: grana
plural of GRANUM

Main Entry: gra·num
Pronunciation: 'grA-n&m, 'grä-n&m
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural gra·na /-n&/
: one of the lamellar stacks of chlorophyll-containing material in plant chloroplasts
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Science Dictionary
granum   (grā'nəm)  Pronunciation Key 
Plural grana (grā'nə)
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. See more at chloroplast.
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