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Meaning of 'albumen' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Albumen [ n.]
- The white of an egg.
- Nourishing matter stored up within the integuments of the seed in many plants, but not incorporated in the embryo. It is the floury part in corn, wheat, and like grains, the oily part in poppy seeds, the fleshy part in the cocoanut, etc.
- Same as Albumin.

Meaning of 'albumen' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . albumen [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water
Example in sentence:
  • she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs

Nearby Words:

alb albacore alban albanian albata albatross albe albedo albee albeit

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