aleurone (English, noun)
expansion: aleurone (countable and uncountable, plural aleurones)
Senses:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The protein content of the embryo, endosperm, or perisperm of cereals, in the form of minute particles.
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: The outer layer (and its major cell type and its specialized protein) of the endosperm.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: aleurones
tags: plural
form: aleuron
tags: alternative