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Aleurone

Aleurone Meaning & Definition
Aleurone Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Aleurone?

[n] granular protein in outermost layer of endosperm of many seeds or cereal grains

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Aleurone In Webster's Dictionary

\A*leu"rone\, n. [Gr. ? flour.] (Bot.) An albuminoid substance which occurs in minute grains (``protein granules'') in maturing seeds and tubers; -- supposed to be a modification of protoplasm.

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