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nutritive
/ˈnjuːtɹətɪv/
adj 2noun 1
Collocations
3ADJ.
agreeable
NUTRITIVE + NOUN
elements, food
PREP.
in
Definitions
adj
1
Of or pertaining to nutrition.
2
Nourishing, providing nutrition.
The juice of the ripe grape is a nutritive and agreeable food, consisting chiefly of sugar and mucilage.
The percentage of nutritive elements contained in the parsnip is very small; so small, indeed, that one pound of parsnips affords hardly one fifth of an ounce of nitrogenous or muscle-forming material.
noun
1
A nutrient.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — of or providing nourishment
- alimentary
- alimental
- nourishing
- nutrient
- nutritious
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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The juice of the ripe grape is a nutritive and agreeable food, consisting chiefly of sugar and mucilage.
Wiktionary02
The percentage of nutritive elements contained in the parsnip is very small; so small, indeed, that one pound of parsnips affords hardly one fifth of an ounce of nitrogenous or muscle-forming material
Wiktionary03
D'Argenson reckoned that its consumption held up so well in times of high prices because the poor thought that it had nutritive value.
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