aleurone

American  

[al-yuh-rohn, uh-loor-ohn] / ˈæl yəˌroʊn, 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

Etymology

Origin of aleurone

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

Example Sentences

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

Within short, starch will become a side product of aleurone meal.

From Woman under socialism by De Leon, Daniel

The cells contain no starch, the reserve food supply being stored cellulose, protein, and aleurone grains.

From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)

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 De Leon, Daniel

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 Simmons, W. H.