albo-, alb-, -albify +
(Latin: the color white)
This unit is directly related to the albumino- unit.
exalbuminous
1. Having no albumen around the embryo; said of certain seeds.
2. Without albumen (starchy and other nutritive material in a seed, stored as endosperm inside the embryo sac, or as perisperm in the surrounding nucellar cells; any deposit of nutritive material accompanying the embryo).
Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units meaning "white":
albumino-;
leuco-.