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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Within short, starch will become a side product of aleurone meal.
From Woman under socialism by De Leon, Daniel
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 Popenoe, Paul
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
At present aleurone meal is a side product in starch factories.
From Woman under socialism by De Leon, Daniel
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 Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred
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