| nutritive | Of or pertaining to nutrition; as, the nutritive functions; having the quality of nourishing; nutritious; nutrimental; alimental; as, nutritive food or berries. Nutritive plasma. <biology> Any one of the zooids of a compound hydroid, or coral, which has a mouth and digestive cavity. Nu"tritively, Nu"tritiveness. Origin: Cf. F. Nutritif. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| nutritive ratio | The ratio or proportion of digestible protein to digestible non-nitrogenous nutrients in a ration for livestock. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nutritive value | An indication of the contribution of a food to the nutrient content of the diet. This value depends on the quantity of a food which is digested and absorbed and the amounts of the essential nutrients (protein, fat, carbohydrate, minerals, vitamins) which it contains. This value can be affected by soil and growing conditions, handling and storage, and processing. (12 Dec 1998) |