Nutrient

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A source of nourishment, especially a nourishing ingredient in a food.
  • adj. Providing nourishment.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue.
  • adj. providing nourishment
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Nutritious; nourishing; promoting growth.
  • n. Any substance which has nutritious qualities, i. e., which nourishes or promotes growth; a nutriment.
  • n. A substance added to the growth medium of a microorganism to promote growth.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Affording nutriment or nourishment; nourishing; nutritive; nutritious.
  • Conveying or purveying nourishment; alimentative: as, nutrient vessels.
  • n. A nutrient substance; something nutritious.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
  • adj. of or providing nourishment
  • n. any substance (such as a chemical element or inorganic compound) that can be taken in by a green plant and used in organic synthesis
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    wholesome   
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