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nutritious
What does nutritious mean?
nutritious (adjective): providing nutrients; healthy to eat or drink.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use nutritious in a sentence?
How do you pronounce nutritious?
/nuˈtɹɪʃəs/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does nutritious come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin nūtrītius, from nūtrītus, from nūtrīre.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to nutritious
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “nutritious” mean?
capable of working together without conflict
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providing nutrients; healthy to eat or drink
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easily damaged or requiring careful handling
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restricting according to rules or principles
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