nutritive
Americanadjective
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serving to nourish; providing nutriment; nutritious.
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of, relating to, or concerned with nutrition.
foods with high nutritive value.
noun
adjective
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providing nourishment
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of, concerning, or promoting nutrition
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of nutritive
1350–1400; < Medieval Latin nūtrītīvus, equivalent to nūtrīt- ( see nutrition) + -īvus -ive; replacing Middle English nutritif < Middle French < Medieval Latin as above
Example Sentences
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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.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2022
“What is clear is that the energetic value of food and beverages that contain both nutritive and nonnutritive sweeteners is not being accurately communicated to the brain,” Small notes.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 24, 2019
It’s not nutritive; the physiological ramifications are dire and well documented.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 10, 2018
She has been subsisting on a diet of “Slurry,” a “fully dystopian” nutritive gel.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 9, 2017
He knew, as do many Gethenians, the caloric and nutritive value of each food; he knew his own requirements under various conditions, and how to estimate mine pretty closely.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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