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grannum

grannum is the alternative spelling of granum.

Meaning of granum

Noun (1)

granum (plural grana)

  1. A stack-like structure in plant chloroplasts that contain chlorophyll; the site of photosynthesis.

Noun (2)

granum (plural granums)

  1. (obsolete, regional) One's grandmother.
    • Each of 'em has a ſev'ral Gin, / To catch Intelligences in. / Some by the Noſe vvith fumes trapan 'em, / As Dunſtan did the Devils Grannum.1663 (indicated as 1664), [Samuel Butler], “Canto III”, in Hudibras. The Second Part. […], London: […] T[homas] R[oycroft] for John Martyn, and James Allestry […], →OCLC, page 175

Forms of grannum

pluralgrannums

Questions about grannum

What is grannum the alternative spelling of?
Grannum is the alternative spelling of granum.

Words near grannum in the dictionary

  1. grannied
  2. grannies
  3. granniness
  4. grannom
  5. grannoms
  6. grannum
  7. grannums
  8. Grannus
  9. granny
  10. granny annexe
  11. granny annexes

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