low-aleurone
|low-a-leu-rone|
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/loʊ-əˈlʊəroʊn/
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/ləʊ-əˈljʊərəʊn/
little aleurone layer
Etymology
'low-aleurone' is formed in modern English by combining the adjective 'low' (from Old English 'hlāw' meaning 'not high' or 'small in amount') with 'aleurone', which comes via New Latin from Greek 'aleuron' meaning 'flour'.
'aleurone' originates from Greek 'aleuron' (ἀλεύρον) meaning 'flour'; it entered New Latin/scientific terminology as 'aleurōn' and was adopted into English botanical and cereal-science usage as 'aleurone' in the 19th century. The compound 'low-aleurone' is a descriptive modern English formation combining 'low' + 'aleurone'.
Originally 'aleuron' meant 'flour' in Greek; in scientific usage it came to denote the protein-rich outer layer of cereal endosperm ('aleurone layer'). 'Low-aleurone' therefore evolved to mean 'having less of that specific layer.'
Meanings by Part of Speech
Adjective 1
having a reduced aleurone layer; containing little aleurone tissue in cereal grains (the aleurone is the protein-rich outer layer of the endosperm).
Low-aleurone rice varieties are sometimes preferred for producing very polished white rice.
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Last updated: 2025/08/15 17:26