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Definition of Nutritious
1. Adjective. Of or providing nourishment. "Good nourishing stew"
Similar to: Wholesome
Derivative terms: Aliment, Nourish, Nourish, Nutrient, Nutrition, Nutrition, Nutritiousness, Nutritiveness
Definition of Nutritious
1. a. Nourishing; promoting growth, or preventing decay; alimental.
Definition of Nutritious
1. Adjective. (Of food or drink) Providing nutrients; healthy to eat. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nutritious
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nutritious
Literary usage of Nutritious
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine by George Bacon Wood (1866)
"Hence, there is sometimes danger from that extreme abstinence upon which some
authors have insisted ; and patients have rapidly improved under a nutritious ..."
2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1898)
"429. chasing; and, (is to the latter, the authorities ' however nutritious,
without labeling the prod- We would not be understood as indorsing the doctrine ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"By this method of cooking it is said the meat is preserved in its integrity, and
all its natural juices and nutritious qualities are retained. ..."
4. Preliminary Report on the Eighth Census. 1860 by Joseph Camp Griffith Kennedy (1862)
"Cheese is especially rich in flesh-forming constituents, and is therefore regarded
as a highly nutritious article of diet, well adapted to the use of the ..."
5. The Chemistry of Common Life by James Finlay Weir Johnston, Arthur Herbert Church (1891)
"—It forms a mo«t nutritious beverage.—Substitutes for cocoa. ... Decoction of
cocoa-nibs not so nutritious.—The cocoa-husk or " miserable ;" importation of, ..."
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