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Nutrient

//ˈnuː.tɹi.ənt// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Providing nourishment.
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or providing nourishment wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue.

    "Even second-generation biofuels, made from crop wastes or wood, are an environmental disaster, either extending the cultivated area or removing the straw and stovers which protect the soil from erosion and keep carbon and nutrients in the ground."

  2. 2
    any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue wordnet
  3. 3
    any substance (such as a chemical element or inorganic compound) that can be taken in by a green plant and used in organic synthesis wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin nūtriēns, present participle of nūtriō (“I suckle, nourish, foster”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin nūtriēns, present participle of nūtriō (“I suckle, nourish, foster”).

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