What does nutritive mean?
Definitions for nutritive
ˈnu trɪ tɪv, ˈnyu-nu·tri·tive
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Princeton's WordNet
alimentary, alimental, nourishing, nutrient, nutritious, nutritiveadjective
of or providing nourishment
"good nourishing stew"
Wiktionary
nutritiveadjective
Of or pertaining to nutrition
nutritiveadjective
Nourishing, nutritional.
Etymology: From nutritif, from nutritivus, from the participle stem of nutrire.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Nutritiveadjective
Nourishing; nutrimental; alimental.
Etymology: from nutrio, Latin.
Wikipedia
nutritive
Nutrition is the biochemical and physiological process by which an organism uses food to support its life. It provides organisms with nutrients, which can be metabolized to create energy and chemical structures. Failure to obtain sufficient nutrients causes malnutrition. Nutritional science is the study of nutrition, though it typically emphasizes human nutrition. The type of organism determines what nutrients it needs and how it obtains them. Organisms obtain nutrients by consuming organic matter, consuming inorganic matter, absorbing light, or some combination of these. Some can produce nutrients internally by consuming basic elements, while some must consume other organisms to obtain pre-existing nutrients. All forms of life require carbon, energy, and water as well as various other molecules. Animals require complex nutrients such as carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins, obtaining them by consuming other organisms. Humans have developed agriculture and cooking to replace foraging and advance human nutrition. Plants acquire nutrients through soil and the atmosphere. Fungi absorb nutrients around them by breaking them down and absorbing them through the mycelium.
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nutritive
Nutritive refers to anything related to nourishment or nutrition, typically providing essential substances or nutrients that an organism needs for growth and the maintenance of life. It could relate to the food, value, substances, or factors necessary for promoting good health, growth, and energy production.
Webster Dictionary
Nutritiveadjective
of or pertaining to nutrition; as, the nutritive functions; having the quality of nourishing; nutritious; nutrimental; alimental; as, nutritive food or berries
Etymology: [Cf. F. nutritif.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of nutritive in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of nutritive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of nutritive in a Sentence
Whether non-nutritive sweeteners are safe depends on your definition of 'safe,' studies leading to FDA approval of these sweeteners have ruled out cancer risk for the most part. However, those studies were done using far smaller amounts of diet soda than many people drink. We really don’t know what effect large amounts of these chemicals will have over many years.
We trust our gut with the food we eat, sugar has both taste and nutritive value and the gut is able to identify both.
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