Definitions for albumen
albumen
al·bu·men
Spelling: [al-byoo-muh n]
IPA: /ælˈbyu mən/
Albumen is a 7 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.
You can make 203 anagrams from letters in albumen (abelmnu).
Definitions for albumen
noun
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the white of an egg.
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Botany. the nutritive matter around the embryo in a seed.
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Biochemistry. albumin.
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any of a class of simple, sulfur-containing, water-soluble proteins that coagulate when heated, occurring in egg white, milk, blood, and other animal and vegetable tissues and secretions.
Origin of albumen
1590-1600; Late Latin, equivalent to alb(us) white, with stem in -ū- + -men noun suffix