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nutritive
[noo-tri-tiv, nyoo-]
adjective
serving to nourish; providing nutriment; nutritious.
of, relating to, or concerned with nutrition.
foods with high nutritive value.
noun
an item of nourishing food.
a breakfast of cereals, fruits, and other nutritives.
nutritive
/ ˈːٰɪɪ /
adjective
providing nourishment
of, concerning, or promoting nutrition
noun
a nutritious food
Other 51Թ Forms
- nutritively adverb
- nutritiveness noun
- hypernutritive adjective
- nonnutritive adjective
- nonnutritively adverb
- nonnutritiveness noun
- unnutritive adjective
- ˈԳٰܳپ adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of nutritive1
Example Sentences
The pioneers are the seabirds, whose fishy guano provides a nutritive anchor for air and seaborne seeds.
Once milk flows, the baby will switch to a different, nutritive suck pattern.
Fall is a great time to add a percolating layer of compost as a nutritive mulch on new or existing beds, or even on a lawn.
Small-scale, ecofriendly cultivation methods using indigenous knowledge and inputs and cutting-edge science increase the variety, nutritive value and quantity of foods produced on farms while stabilizing rural economies, promoting gender equity and protecting biodiversity.
On the flip side, nutritive sweeteners are sugar's "cousins" and are slightly less sweet than table sugar.
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