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albumen
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Albumen \Al*bu"men\, n. [L., fr. albus white.]
1. The white of an egg.
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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.
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3. (Chem.) Same as Albumin.
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