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nutrient

[ noo-tree-uhnt, nyoo- ]

adjective

  1. nourishing; nourishing; providing nourishment or nutriment.
  2. containing or conveying nutriment, as solutions or vessels of the body.


noun

  1. a nutrient substance.

nutrient

/ ˈːٰɪəԳ /

noun

  1. any of the mineral substances that are absorbed by the roots of plants for nourishment
  2. any substance that nourishes an organism
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. providing or contributing to nourishment

    a nutrient solution

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

nutrient

/ Դٰ̅̅ŧ-əԳ /

  1. A substance that provides nourishment for growth or metabolism. Plants absorb nutrients mainly from the soil in the form of minerals and other inorganic compounds, and animals obtain nutrients from ingested foods.
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of nutrient1

First recorded in 1640–50; from Latin ūٰԳ-, stem of ūٰŧԲ “feeding,” present participle of ūٰī “to feed”; nourish
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of nutrient1

C17: from Latin ūٰī to nourish
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Example Sentences

Respectably high in nutrients, it is also loaded with both fiber, which keeps it on health experts’ recommended foods lists.

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Sewage also poses significant environmental risks – it increases nutrients in the water leading to algal blooms which then eventually denies other wildlife – like fish - oxygen.

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Vitamin A - a nutrient found in cod liver oil - is sometimes offered as a part of a treatment for measles, especially if someone is deficient, Dr Cook said.

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"We're having too many high flows, too many low flows, we've got too many nutrients, pesticides and soil in the river," he said.

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For all its plant and animal life aboveground, the Amazon rainforest’s soils are surprisingly poor in nutrients necessary for growing food.

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