nutritive

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈnjuːtɹətɪv/

Adjective

nutritive

1. Of or pertaining to nutrition.
2. Nourishing, nutritional.
   • 2002, Colin Jones (historian), The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 355:

     D'Argenson reckoned that its consumption held up so well in times of high prices because the poor thought that it had nutritive value.

Antonyms

• nonnutritive

Translations

• Italian: nutriente, nutritivo
• Portuguese: nutritivo

Noun

nutritive (plural nutritives)

1. (archaic) A nutrient.

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