aliment
noun
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
alimental
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a word derived from
aliment.
Example Sentences
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Gums are nutritious foods, but it is probable that they are not equal in alimental power to equal weights of starch or sugar.
From The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Sir Charles Alexander Cameron
In the opening up of new countries like the United States and Australia, the railway is the literal maker of the town, in older countries it is the chief alimental channel.
From The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production by J. A. (John Atkinson) Hobson
In old clover the proportion of insoluble woody fibre is often so considerable as to greatly detract from the alimental value of the plant.
From The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Sir Charles Alexander Cameron
The sun that light imparts to all, receives From all his alimental recompence In humid exhalations, and at even Sups with the ocean.
From Paradise Lost by John Milton
Supplying food; having the quality of nourishing; furnishing the materials for natural growth; as, alimental sap.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
