grana

[ grey-nuh ]

noun

1. (in prescriptions) plural of granum.

Word History and Origins

Origin of grana¹

Borrowed into English from Latin around 1890–95

Example Sentences

You can bet that Ananas’ version gets tremendously more care, with the honey infused in-house with bird’s-eye chili, the vaunted pepperoni from Ezzo, chives for peppery freshness and Grana Padano joining the mozzarella.

From Seattle Times

Other winners announced Monday include Melissa Corey of St. Joseph, Missouri, whose middle school fairs help ensure students receive free books; Claire Dannenbaum, at Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon, where she helps oversee research projects; Malvern, Arkansas’ Clare Graham, a public librarian who converted coin-operated newspaper racks into Little Free Libraries; and Gabriel Graña of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where middle schoolers work on book displays and other library offerings.

From Seattle Times

It’s a thinner pizza with a distinctively “soft and fluffy” crust that’s been brushed with garlic butter and specked with Grana Padano cheese.

From Seattle Times

Some of Mexico’s most picturesque and imposing colonial cities, like Oaxaca, were essentially built on the wealth derived from cochineal dye, also called carmine, and known as “grana cochinilla” in Spanish.

From Seattle Times

Sunday in the village of Romano di Lombardia after he and his son had checked earlier on a machine that rotates and cleans mold from the still-maturing wheels of Grana Padano cheese.

From Washington Times