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Definition of Digestible
1. Adjective. Capable of being converted into assimilable condition in the alimentary canal.
Similar to: Assimilable, Light, Predigested
Derivative terms: Digest, Digest, Digestibility, Digestibleness
Antonyms: Indigestible
Definition of Digestible
1. a. Capable of being digested.
Definition of Digestible
1. Adjective. Capable of being digested. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Digestible
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Digestible
Literary usage of Digestible
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"120, 1909) n,s follows :— The analyses give the digestible as distinct from the
total constituents of the wheat, and in the last column but one the value of ..."
2. Elements of Agriculture by George Frederick Warren (1920)
"In general, the grain feeds are much more digestible than roughage—hay, straw, etc.
... Digestible Nutrients in Feeds. By combining the above table with the ..."
3. Animal Husbandry for Schools by Merritt Wesley Harper (1919)
"The following table from Henry's " Feeds and Feeding," eleventh edition, gives
a very complete list of American feeding stuffs and their digestible ..."
4. The Book of Corn: A Complete Treatise Upon the Culture, Marketing and Uses edited by Herbert Myrick (1904)
"As has already been shown by the tables of composition and digestible nutrients,
corn contains a very large quantity of carbonaceous matter in proportion to ..."
5. Feeds and Feeding Abridged by William Arnon Henry, Frank Barron Morrison (1915)
"The total digestible nutrients given in the fifth column is the sum of the
digestible crude protein, the digestible carbohydrates, and the digestible "fat X ..."
6. Fundamentals of Agriculture edited by James Edward Halligan (1912)
"The digestible fiber is generally added to the digestible nitrogen free extract
and called digestible carbohydrates. In this case, then, ..."
7. Agricultural Arithmetic by George Clinton Shutts, Wilbert Walter Weir (1916)
"100 pounds of germ oil meal contain 42.6 pounds of digestible carbohydrates* and
10.4 pounds of digestible fat. Express the total amount of carbohydrates ..."
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