albumen

Definition of Albumen in English :

1. albumen, albumin

a simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids

the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water

Example Sentences:
'she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Albumen

noun

1.

the white of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance, mostly an albumin, that surrounds the yolk

2. a rare name for endosperm

3. a variant spelling of albumin

noun

1.

the white of an egg

2.

the nutritive protein substance in seeds and around the egg yolk of higher animals

3.

albumin

n.

1. The white of an egg, which consists mainly of albumin dissolved in water.

2. See albumin.