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Albumen

Albumen Meaning & Definition
Albumen Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Albumen?

[n] the white of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water
[n] a simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids

Synonyms | Synonyms for Albumen: albumin | egg white | ovalbumin

Related Terms | Find terms related to Albumen: batter | bonnyclabber | butter | caviar | clabber | cornstarch | cream | curd | dough | egg | egg white | eggshell | fish eggs | gaum | gel | gelatin | glair | glop | glue | gluten | goo | gook | goop | gruel | gumbo | gunk | jam | jell | jelly | loblolly | molasses | mucilage | mucus | ovule | pap | paste | porridge | pudding | pulp | puree | putty | rob | roe | semifluid | semiliquid | size | soup | spawn | starch | sticky mess | syrup | treacle | vitellus | white | yellow | yolk

See Also | egg | eggs | fixings | ingredient | lactalbumin | ricin | serum albumin | simple protein

Albumen In Webster's Dictionary

\Al*bu"men\, n. [L., fr. albus white.] 1. The white of an egg. 2. (Bot.) 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. 3. (Chem.) Same as {Albumin}.

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