Nutritive
['njuːtrɪtɪv] or ['njʊtrətɪv]
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to nutrition; as, the nutritive functions; having the quality of nourishing; nutritious; nutrimental; alimental; as, nutritive food or berries.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Nourishing, strengthening, wholesome.
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Examples
- But the nutritive foods should be wisely supplemented by such foods as fruits, whose real value is one of indirect rather then direct service. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In part, he shares the constitution and functions of plants and animals--nutritive, reproductive, motor or practical. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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