grana
nounUK /ˈɡrɑːnə/
US /ˈɡrɑːnə/
Grana are tiny green parts inside a plant cell that catch sunlight to make food.
The green leaves are full of grana that help the plant turn sunlight into energy.
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2. Plural of 'granum', a single stack of thylakoids inside a chloroplast.
Each granum is a coin-like stack, and many grana sit together in one chloroplast.
3. In Italian and Spanish, an informal word for money or cash.
He saved his grana to buy a new bicycle.
4. A type of hard Italian cheese used for grating, often called grana.
She sprinkled grated grana over the pasta.