aleurone
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of aleurone
First recorded in 1865–70, aleurone is from the Greek word áleuron flour, meal
Example Sentences
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At present aleurone meal is a side product in starch factories.
From Woman under socialism by Daniel De Leon
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 cells contain no starch, the reserve food supply being stored cellulose, protein, and aleurone grains.
From All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers
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
This parenchymatous mass consists of oval cells filled with fatty matter and granules of aleurone.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887 by Various
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