Flowers in the axils of chaffy scales or glumes arranged in spikes or spikelets, without evident perianth; stamens 1–3; ovary 1-celled, 1-seeded; seed albuminous.

To cover or saturate with albumen; to coat or treat with an albuminous solution; as, to albuminize paper.

In amyloid degeneration there is the transformation of the cell-protoplasm into an albuminous material different from other albuminates found in the body.