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nutritive

[noo-tri-tiv, nyoo-] / ˈnu trɪ tɪv, ˈnyu- /


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Fall is a great time to add a percolating layer of compost as a nutritive mulch on new or existing beds, or even on a lawn.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 18, 2022

To further complicate matters, ultraprocessed foods often contain a combination of nutritive and nonnutritive sweeteners that, Small says, produces surprising metabolic effects that result in a particularly potent reinforcement effect.

From Scientific American • Sep. 24, 2019

Five years ago, Rhinehart created Soylent, a wan, nutritive sludge that allows you to keep playing Mortal Kombat as you replenish; he now runs MarsBio, an accelerator for companies working on bioreactors and engineered microalgae.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 23, 2019

She has been subsisting on a diet of “Slurry,” a “fully dystopian” nutritive gel.

From Washington Post • Oct. 9, 2017

He knew, as do many Gethenians, the caloric and nutritive value of each food; he knew his own requirements under various conditions, and how to estimate mine pretty closely.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin