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Definition of Alimentative
1. Adjective. Related to the supply of aliment.
Definition of Alimentative
1. Adjective. Relating to aliment ¹
2. Adjective. Nutritious, nourishing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alimentative
Literary usage of Alimentative
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving by Bram Stoker (1907)
"But one and all draw alimentative substance from common sources. But he who would
understand character must draw varying results from common causes. ..."
2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"The ants, however, have specialized and refined on these conditions till they
not only have a single marked alimentative and protective caste without ..."
3. Journal of Social Science by Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, American Social Science Association, Frederick Stanley Root, Isaac Franklin Russell (1881)
"... the one dependent on abnormal states of the physiological units, the other on
perturbation of the co-ordinating and alimentative machinery. ..."
4. A Manual of the Infusoria: Including a Description of All Known Flagellate by William Saville-Kent (1880)
"Title proposed by HN Mosely for the distinction of the ordinary alimentative or
mouth-bearing zooids of ..."
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