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granum

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Noun — A stacked structure inside a plant's chloroplast that holds chlorophyll and where photosynthesis takes place.

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Etymology

Dating from the late 19th century, this word comes from Latin grānum (“grain, seed or small kernel”), and is a doublet of corn, grain, gram, and grao.

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