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nutritive

nu·tri·tive [ ntrətiv ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. nourishing: providing nutrients

2. of nourishment: relating to nutrition

[15th century. Via French< medieval Latin nutritivus< the past participle of nutrire "nourish"]

nu·tri·tive·ly adverb
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