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.
Aleuron is like nature's protein powder—it's stored inside seeds as insurance so the baby plant has enough nutrients to grow before it can make its own food through photosynthesis!
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