nutritive

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The pioneers are the seabirds, whose fishy guano provides a nutritive anchor for air and seaborne seeds.

From Scientific American • Oct. 19, 2023

Once milk flows, the baby will switch to a different, nutritive suck pattern.

From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 2023

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

Did he bring home nutritive roots and brew homeopathic teas?

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides