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Albumen vs Endosperm - What's the difference?

albumen | endosperm |

As nouns the difference between albumen and endosperm

is that albumen is the white part of an egg; being mostly the protein albumin and water while endosperm is tissue surrounding the embryo of flowering plant seeds, that provides nutrition to the developing embryo; usually triploid.

albumen

English

Noun

  • The white part of an egg; being mostly the protein albumin and water.

    • Synonyms

    * egg white

    See also

    * ----

    endosperm

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) tissue surrounding the embryo of flowering plant seeds, that provides nutrition to the developing embryo; usually triploid

    • Derived terms

    * endospermic

    External links

    * ("endosperm" on Wikipedia)