albumen
nounUK /ˈæl.bjʊ.mən/
US /ælˈbjuː.mən/
The clear liquid inside an egg that turns white when you cook it.
She separated the albumen from the yolk before making the meringue.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The white of an egg, especially when used as a food or in cooking.
The recipe calls for two tablespoons of albumen.
3. A protein found in egg white, also called ovalbumin.
Albumen is rich in protein and often used in baking.
4. The nutritive tissue surrounding the embryo in a seed.
The albumen of the seed provides food for the growing plant.