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Albumen definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ALBU'MEN, n. [L. from albus, white.]
The white of an egg. A like substance is a chief constituent in all animal solids.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids [syn: albumin, albumen]
2: the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water; "she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs" [syn: egg white, white, albumen, ovalbumin]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Late Latin, from Latin albus Date: 1599 1. the white of an egg — see egg illustration 2. albumin

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 egg-white. 2 Bot. the substance found between the skin and germ of many seeds, usu. the edible part; = ENDOSPERM. Etymology: L albumen -minis white of egg f. albus white

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Albumen 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.

Moby Thesaurus

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