nutritive
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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
Plant and microbial species, in particular, can reveal new medicinal and nutritive knowledge.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 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
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
