different between chloroplast vs granum

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kl??r???plæst/

Etymology

chloro- +? -plast

Pronunciation

Noun

chloroplast (plural chloroplasts)

1. (cytology) An organelle found in the cells of green plants, and in photosynthetic algae, where photosynthesis takes place.

See also

• mitochondrion
• hydrogenosome

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