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granola

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Granola

Etymology

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By 1967, American English, probably from Italian grano (“grain”) or granular, with commercial suffix -ola.[1]

Earlier, with a capital G-, it was a proprietary name for a kind of breakfast cereal, registered in 1886 by Will Keith Kellogg and in use into the early 20th century.[1] It was initially known as Granula and renamed Granola to avoid legal problems with James Caleb Jackson, who invented a similar cereal in 1863,[2] named Granula after the granules of Graham flour, the main ingredient.[3] The food and name were revived in the 1960s.

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Noun

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granola (countable and uncountable, plural granolas)

  1. A breakfast and snack food consisting of loose, crispy pellets made of nuts, rolled oats, honey and other natural ingredients.
  2. (slang, countable) Short for crunchy granola.

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Adjective

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granola (comparative more granola, superlative most granola)

  1. (chiefly Canada, US, of a person) Eating healthy food, supporting the protection of the environment, and having liberal views.
    You see more and more of the granola hippie activist types these days.

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “granola (n.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ^ Cindy Perman (2008) New York Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff (Curiosities Series), Guilford, Conn.: Globe Pequot Press, →ISBN, page 17.
  3. ^ “The History Of Granola”, in The Nibble, 2015 November 20 (last accessed)

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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granola m (plural granolas)

  1. granola

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Spanish

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Noun

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granola f (plural granolas)

  1. granola

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