Crossword-Solution: ALEURONE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Aleurone | n. | An albuminoid substance which occurs in minute grains ("protein granules") in maturing seeds and tubers; -- supposed to be a modification of protoplasm. |
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| Protein granule in seeds. | 1 answer |
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Sentences with ALEURONE (5)
All plants, moreover, have the power of dissolving albuminous or proteid substances, such as protoplasm, chlorophyll, gluten, aleurone, and of carrying them from one part to other parts of their tissues.
This pulpy substance, formed entirely of oval cells filled with aleurone, consists of two distinct layers.
The protein, however, is not in the form of gluten, but is largely albumin and globulins,[16] which are mainly in the aleurone layer of the wheat kernel, and are inclosed in branny capsules, and consequently are in a form not readily digested by man.
Proc._, 1906, 77 B, 454) has shown that the hydrolytic activity of castor seeds is due entirely to the cytoplasm, which it is possible to separate by mechanical means from the aleurone grains and all other cellular matter.
INDEX (Small i denotes Figure Numbers.) A Aerial roots, 6, 8i, 9i Agrostideæ, 44, 220 Aleurone layer, 18 Andropogoneæ, 44, 138 Andropogon, 15, 182 inflorescence, 13 annulatus, 204, 160i, 161i asper, 195, 155i, 156i caricosus, 201, 159i section of stem, 26, 33i, 34i contortus, 5, 207, 162i, 163i ligule, 13i foveolatus, 185, 148i, 149i monticola, 199, 158i pertusus, 5, 191, 152i, 153i pumilus, 188, 150i, 151i Schoenanthus var.
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