aleurone

[ al-yuh-rohn, uh-loor-ohn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

protein granules aleuronegrains found in a single layer of cells aleuronelayer in the outermost portion of the endosperm.

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

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

This parenchymatous mass consists of oval cells filled with fatty matter and granules of aleurone.

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

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

At present aleurone meal is a side product in starch factories.

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