granola

[gruh-noh-luh] Origin

gra·no·la

[gruh-noh-luh]
noun
a breakfast food consisting of rolled oats, brown sugar, nuts, dried fruit, etc., usually served with milk.

Origin:
1870–75; originally a trademark; compare -ola
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Granola is always a great word to know.
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a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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granola (ɡrəˈnəʊlə)
 
n
(US), (Canadian) a mixture of rolled oats, brown sugar, nuts, fruit, etc, eaten with milk
 
[C20: originally Granola a trademark]

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granola
1970, Amer.Eng., probably from It. grano "grain," or from granular. Earlier, with a capital G-, it was a proprietary name (reg. 1886 by W.K. Kellogg) for a kind of breakfast cereal.
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