Aleurone — (from Greek aleuron , flour) is a protein found in protein granules of maturing seeds and tubers. The term is also used for the outermost cell layer of the seed coat, the aleurone layer.Aleurone proteinAleurones can have two different… … Wikipedia
aleurone — aleuronic /al yoo ron ik/, adj. /al yeuh rohn , euh loor ohn/, n. (in the seeds of cereal plants) protein granules (aleurone grains) found in a single layer of cells (aleurone layer) in the outermost portion of the endosperm. Also, aleuron /al… … Universalium
layer — слой; прослойка tomentose layer войлочный слой aleurone layer алейроновый слой facial layer поверхностный слой routing layer слой страссировки cereallan layer алейроновый слой … English-Russian travelling dictionary
aleurone grains — aleurone grains, granules of protein that form a single layer of cells comprising the outer cellular layer of the endosperm … Useful english dictionary
aleurone — [al′yo͞o rōn΄, ə lo͞o′rōn΄] n. [Ger aleuron < Gr, wheat meal, flour < alleein, to grind < IE base * al > Arm alauri, a mill] finely granulated protein present in seeds generally and forming the outer layer of cereal seeds aleuronic… … English World dictionary
aleurone — al·eu·rone al yə .rōn n protein matter in the form of minute granules or grains occurring in seeds in endosperm or in a special peripheral layer al·eu·ron·ic .al yə rän ik adj * * * al·eu·rone (ə l rґōn) (alґyə rōn″)… … Medical dictionary
aleurone — noun Etymology: German Aleuron, from Greek, flour; akin to Armenian ałam I grind Date: 1869 protein matter in the form of minute granules or grains occurring in seeds in endosperm or in a special peripheral layer … New Collegiate Dictionary
aleurone — al•eu•rone [[t]ˈæl yəˌroʊn, əˈlʊər oʊn[/t]] also al•eu•ron [[t] ˌrɒn, ɒn[/t]] n. bot coo the granulated protein that forms the outermost layer of grain • Etymology: 1865–70; < Gk áleuron flour, meal al eu•ron′ic ˈrɒn ɪk adj … From formal English to slang
aleurone — /əˈljurən/ (say uh lyoohruhn), / roʊn/ (say rohn) noun minute albuminoid granules (protein) found in connection with starch and oily matter, in the endosperm of ripe seeds, and in a special layer of cells in grains of wheat, etc. {Greek aleuron… …
aleurone — n. protein granules in plant seeds; external protein layer of cereal seeds … Dictionary of difficult words