ALBUMEN


Meaning of ALBUMEN in English

/al byooh"meuhn/ , n.

1. the white of an egg.

2. Bot. the nutritive matter around the embryo in a seed.

3. Biochem. albumin.

[ 1590-1600; alb ( us ) white, with s. in -u- + -men n. suffix ]

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