"aleurone" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈl(j)ʊəɹəʊn/ Forms: aleurones [plural]
Etymology: 1865/70; from Ancient Greek ἄλευρον (áleuron, “flour, meal”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|ἄλευρον||flour, meal}} Ancient Greek ἄλευρον (áleuron, “flour, meal”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} aleurone (countable and uncountable, plural aleurones)
  1. (biochemistry) The protein content of the embryo, endosperm, or perisperm of cereals, in the form of minute particles. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Proteins Translations (protein content of the embryo, endosperm or perisperm of cereals): 糊粉 (alt: ) (Chinese Mandarin), aleurone [feminine] (French), aleurono (Ido), aileorón [masculine] (Irish), aleurone [masculine] (Italian), aleurona [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-aleurone-en-noun-m-ULKIrM Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'protein content of the embryo, endosperm or perisperm of cereals': 87 13
  2. The outer layer (and its major cell type and its specialized protein) of the endosperm. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (outer layer): peripheral endosperm
    Sense id: en-aleurone-en-noun-eJA4ZCmi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of 'outer layer': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: aleuron Related terms: aleurone layer, aleuronic, aleuromancy, aleurometer, subaleurone

Inflected forms

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