nutritive
serving to nourish; providing nutriment; nutritious.
of, relating to, or concerned with nutrition: foods with high nutritive value.
an item of nourishing food: a breakfast of cereals, fruits, and other nutritives.
Origin of nutritive
1Other words from nutritive
- nu·tri·tive·ly, adverb
- nu·tri·tive·ness, noun
- hy·per·nu·tri·tive, adjective
- non·nu·tri·tive, adjective
- non·nu·tri·tive·ly, adverb
- non·nu·tri·tive·ness, noun
- un·nu·tri·tive, adjective
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How to use nutritive in a sentence
Hill’s Science Diet is another one that’s known for working closely with veterinarians to develop digestible, nutritive dog food.
Best wet dog food: Healthy meals your pet will love | Irena Collaku | June 15, 2021 | Popular-ScienceHowever, if they’re not within your budget, pouches and canned foods have similar nutritive value, except the ingredients aren’t quite as fresh.
Best wet dog food: Healthy meals your pet will love | Irena Collaku | June 15, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIt is well known, however, that the mechanical state of the food has a most important influence on its nutritive value.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry | Thomas Andersonnutritive disturbances are nearly always prominent features in the case for some time before any mental peculiarities are noticed.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyIt is a very agreeable and nutritive kind of tuberous vegetable, in flavor not unlike celery.
They are actuated by the desire on the part of primitive people to meet nutritive demands.
The Sex Worship and Symbolism of Primitive Races | Sanger Brown, IIFeeding on too rich a pasture, or a sudden change from an herbage deficient in nutritive qualities, to one that is much superior.
A Treatise on Sheep: | Ambrose Blacklock
British Dictionary definitions for nutritive
/ (ˈnjuːtrɪtɪv) /
providing nourishment
of, concerning, or promoting nutrition
a nutritious food
Derived forms of nutritive
- nutritively, adverb
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