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Vinony

nitrogenous

adjective

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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English nitrogen Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ōtsos or *-otsos Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English nitrogenous From nitrogen + -ous.

  1. of, relating to, or containing nitrogen

    “The percentage of nutritive elements contained in the parsnip is very small; so small, indeed, that one pound of parsnips affords hardly one fifth of an ounce of nitrogenous or muscle-forming material.”