ALEURONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aleurone mean? 

• ALEURONE (noun)
  The noun ALEURONE has 1 sense:

1. granular protein in outermost layer of endosperm of many seeds or cereal grains

  Familiarity information: ALEURONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALEURONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Granular protein in outermost layer of endosperm of many seeds or cereal grains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("aleurone" is a kind of...):

protein (any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells; consist of polymers of amino acids; essential in the diet of animals for growth and for repair of tissues; can be obtained from meat and eggs and milk and legumes)

Derivation:

aleuronic (of or related to aleurone)