Albumen
/ˈælbjʊmən/ noun
noun ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The white part of an egg; being mostly the protein albumin and water. countable, uncountable
"The various elements found in food are the following: Starch, sugar, fats, albumen, mineral substances, indigestible substances."
- 2 the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water wordnet
- 3 The endosperm of flowering plants. archaic, countable, uncountable
- 4 a simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"The albumen of an egg surrounds the yolk and provides nutrition for the developing embryo."
Etymology
From Latin albūmen (“white of an egg”), from albus (“white”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élbʰos (“white”).