Meaning of ALBUMEN
| Pronunciation: | | al'byoomun
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | albumin, egg white, ovalbumin |
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| | See Also: | | egg, eggs, fixings, ingredient, lactalbumin, ricin, serum albumin, simple protein | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Definition: | | Nutritive tissue in a seed; in angiosperms it's triploid and is formed in the embryo sac after fertilization. In gymnosperms, it's haploid and is derived from the sterile portion of the female gametophyte. Compare perisperm. |
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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