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aleurone, aleuron (s) (noun); aleurones; aleurone (pl)
1. A granular protein found in the endosperm of many seeds or forming the outermost layer in cereal grains: In one of his classes in biochemistry, Alex learned that aleurones were granular proteins found in the outermost section of the endosperms of various seeds or cereal grains.
2. Etymology: alteration of Greek aleuron, "wheat flour".

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