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Vinony

nutrient

adjective

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L338830 on Wikidata ↗

noun

  1. useful food ingredient
L38215 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈnjuː.tɹi.ənt/ / /ˈnuː.tɹi.ənt/

adj

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin nūtriēns, present participle of nūtriō (“to suckle, nourish, foster”).

  1. Providing nourishment.

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin nūtriēns, present participle of nūtriō (“to suckle, nourish, foster”).

  1. A source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue.

    “Even second-generation biofuels, made from crop wastes or wood, are an environmental disaster, either extending the cultivated area or removing the straw and stovers which protect the soil from erosion and keep carbon and nutrients in the ground.”