Aleuron

/æˈlɛr.ɑn/ noun

Protein granules or protein-storing material found in plant seeds and grains, particularly in cereals like wheat and rice.

From Greek 'aleuron' meaning flour or fine meal. The term was adopted by botanists to describe the protein-rich particles they observed under microscopes in plant seeds.

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