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nutritive |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Nutritive \Nu"tri*tive\, a. [Cf. F. nutritif.] Of or pertaining to nutrition; as the nutritive functions; having the quality of nourishing; nutritious; nutrimental; alimental; as nutritive food or berries. {Nutritive plasma}. (Biol.) See {Idioplasma}. {Nutritive polyp} (Zo["o]l.), any one of the zooids of a compound hydroid, or coral, which has a mouth and digestive cavity. -- {Nu"tri*tive*ly}, adv -- {Nu"tri*tive*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: nutritive adj : providing nourishment; "good nourishing food" [syn: {alimentary}, {nourishing}, {nutrient}, {nutritious}]
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