What is having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw called?
ruminate — Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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