aleurone layer
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0005360
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- alt_id: PO:0008004
- exact: capa de aleurona (Spanish)
- exact: 糊粉粒、アリューロン層 (Japanese)
- exact: fruit aleurone layer
- Definition
- A portion of plant tissue that is the outermost layer of endosperm in a seed, its cells being characterized by presence of protein bodies containing seed storage proteins. [source: GR:Pankaj_Jaiswal, ISBN:0080374913]
- Comment
- None
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