#egg white

• Albumen — A nutritive organic substance (endosperm) surrounding the embryo in the seed of certain higher plants; the egg white of a bird or reptile, considered as a primary protein-rich nutrient medium for embryonic development.
• Egg white — A fluid, viscous, transparent organic substance rich in proteins (especially ovalbumin) that surrounds the yolk of a bird or reptile egg. Upon thermal treatment or mechanical whipping, it becomes opaque, white, and solid, serving an essential biological role in protecting and nourishing the embryo, as well as a major structural use in culinary arts and confectionery.
• Small egg white — A regional popular name used to denote various small plant species with white flowers or leaves covered in whitish hairs (such as certain species of chickweed or knapweed). Additionally, the term is used as an affectionate diminutive form for egg white in familial language or traditional culinary recipes.
• Small egg white — A diminutive form for egg white, used in familiar language or culinary recipes to suggest the delicacy of the mixture; as a rare adjective, it represents a hypocoristic variant for an object or being of a white color that is clean and pleasing to the eye.