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n. - Granular protein in outermost layer of endosperm of many seeds or cereal grains.

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  • The cookie base also uses part of the wheat kernel called the aleurone, which contains the grain's highest concentration of vitamins and minerals.
  • × 500 P. pericarp; I. seed-coat; A. aleurone layer;
  • (The aleurone layer is the outermost layer of the endosperm.)
  • These kernels were searched for dots of pigment in their aleurone layer.
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