aleurone

American  

[al-yuh-rohn, uh-loor-ohn] / ˈæl jəˌroʊn, əˈlʊər oʊn /

Also aleuron

noun

1. protein granules aleuronegrains found in a single layer of cells aleuronelayer in the outermost portion of the endosperm.

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Other Word Forms

• aleuronic
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of aleurone

First recorded in 1865–70, aleurone is from the Greek word áleuron flour, meal

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Example Sentences

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aleurone

This pulpy substance, formed entirely of oval cells filled with aleurone, consists of two distinct layers.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887 by Various

The inventor erected a large factory which produces vegetal albumen or aleurone meal from 80 to 83 per cent. of albumen, and a second quality of about 50 per cent.

From Woman under socialism by Daniel De Leon

The second form is secreted by the scutellum, and perhaps by the aleurone cells, of germinating seeds, being produced by special glandular tissue.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher

The purple aleurone color of maize seeds is attributed by R. A. Emerson to five distinct factors, while E. Baur found four factors responsible for the red color of snapdragon blossoms.

From Applied Eugenics by Paul Popenoe

In a subsequent addition to this patent, the active agent is separated from the aleurone by extraction with benzene and centrifugal force.

From The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by W. H. Simmons

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