aleuronicadj.
/ˌaljᵿˈrɒnɪk/, U.S. /ˌæljəˈrɑnɪk/ Of or containing aleurone; esp. designating the aleurone-rich layer around the endosperm of the seed of a cereal or other grass.
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1879 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon at Albines The aleuronic mass is composed of two concentric vesicles.
1910 H. S. Wright Great White North 414 They were reduced, June 18, to a frugal supper of two ounces of aleuronic bread and one ounce of butter per man.
1919 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 3 May 544/1 The active substance..is, something lacking in the whole cereal grain, in the endosperm as well as in the aleuronic layer.
1974 Plant Physiol. 53 565/2 That embryonic tissue deteriorates at a faster rate than the aleuronic tissue was shown by other studies as well.
2009 in H. M. Esslinger et al. Handbk. Brewing vi. 153 The products of endosperm breakdown (sugars, amino acids, etc.) together with materials from the aleuronic layer..are needed for the growing germ.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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