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albuminous, a.|ælˈbjuːmɪnəs|
[f. as prec. + -ous; cf. Fr. albumineux.]
1. Of the nature or character of albumen or albumin; having the same composition as the white of an egg.
1791Nicholson Chem. 514 The albuminous part, or serum, coagulates. 1879C. Cameron in Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 368/1 In the case of young animals, a diet rich in albuminous substances is necessary.
2. Bot. Containing a store of albumen in the seed: see albumen 3.
1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 57 Albuminous solitary pendulous seeds. 1842Gray Struct. Bot. ii. (1880) 14 Seeds are distinguished into albuminous and exalbuminous, those supplied with and those destitute of albumen.
3. fig. Insipid.
1865Carlyle Fredk. Gt. III. ix. i. 65 Nothing but a kind of albuminous simplicity noticeable in them; no wit, originality, brightness in the way of uttered intellect. |