different between chlorophyll vs granum

English

Alternative forms

• chlorophyl (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from French chlorophylle, from Ancient Greek ?????? (khl?rós, “pale green”) and ?????? (phúllon, “leaf”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kl??.??.f?l/, /?kl??.?.f?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?kl??.?.f?l/

Noun

chlorophyll (usually uncountable, plural chlorophylls)

1. (biochemistry) Any of a group of green pigments that are found in the chloroplasts of plants and in other photosynthetic organisms such as cyanobacteria.

Coordinate terms

• anthocyanin, carotenoid, xanthophyll

Derived terms

Translations

English

Etymology

From the late 19th c., from Latin gr?num (“grain, seed or small kernel”). Doublet of gram, grain, and corn.

Noun

granum (plural grana)

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

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *gr?nom from Proto-Indo-European *?r?h?nóm.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /??ra?.num/, [??rä?n???]
• (Vulgar) IPA^(key): /??ra?.nu/, [??ra?nu]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /??ra.num/, [??r??num]

Noun

gr?num n (genitive gr?n?); second declension

1. A grain, seed or small kernel.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Derived terms

Related terms

• gr?nifer

Descendants

References

• granum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• granum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• granum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• granum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 722
• granum in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, page 2962