aleurone

1. 1.

   granular protein in outermost layer of endosperm of many seeds or cereal grains

   Broaderprotein

Other forms of aleurone

plural

aleurones·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about aleurone

What does aleurone mean?

aleurone means "granular protein in outermost layer of endosperm of many seeds or cereal grains".

How many syllables are in aleurone?

aleurone has 4 syllables and divides as a-le-u-rone under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.