aleuro-, aleur- +
(Greek: flour)
Divination of meal or flour; predictions written on paper and baked in cakes or cookies, such as “Chinese fortune cookies” (said to be an American invention, not Chinese) which are a form of this type of "mancy": Aleuromancy was known to the ancient Greeks who wrote sentences on pieces of paper rolled up in balls of flour. The balls were mixed up nine times and distributed to those who wanted to know their future. Appollo was supposed to have presided over this form of divination.
Aleuromancy has survived in the custom of baking a coin or ring in a large cake, which is then divided among the guests, one of whom is lucky and finds the gift.
An instrument for determining the expansive properties, or quality, of gluten in flour: Back in 1849, M.Boland invented the aleurometer, a device to find out the quality of in gluten in flour for making bread.
Flour made of aleurone (the outer layer of the endosperm), used as a substitute for ordinary flour in preparing bread for diabetics: Since Mrs. Thompson suffered from a polygenic disease, she went to a certain bakery that used aleuronat in making bread, which was an important part of her diet. .
Protein from the aleuron layer (endosperm) of cereal grains: Aleuronate is used to make bread for diabetics.
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".
2. Etymology: alteration of Greek aleuron, "wheat flour".
aleuronic (adjective) (not comparable)
Related to aleurone: In his book on botany, Albert read about the aleuronic layers of cereals, or the protein content of the embryos of cereals.
aleuronoid (adjective), more aleuronoid, most aleuronoid
Relating to something that resembles flour: While looking for wheat flour at the grocery store, Jane noticed a package of an aleuronoid food product that stated that it could be used in the same way as wheat flour flour.
A proteinoplast: An aleuroplast is a semi-autonomous organelle (plastid) within a plant cell that stores protein.
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