as in nutritional
providing the substances necessary for health and bodily growth
some people contend that whole wheat bread is significantly more nutritive than white bread
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The bulk of research devoted to understanding breastfeeding is on the nutritive benefits during the first six months to the first year of an infant’s life.
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Time, 19 July 2023
The pioneers are the seabirds, whose fishy guano provides a nutritive anchor for air and seaborne seeds.
—Amy Brady, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
Multivitamin to cover the bases A daily multivitamin, while not a panacea, can give you an overall nutritive boost.
—Rachel Reiff Ellis, Fortune Well, 16 Apr. 2023
Scientists used to think that non-nutritive sweeteners were largely inert, activating sweet receptors on our tongues and passing through our bodies without causing metabolic changes.
—Laura Reiley, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Mar. 2023
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Time, 19 July 2023
The pioneers are the seabirds, whose fishy guano provides a nutritive anchor for air and seaborne seeds.
—Amy Brady, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
Multivitamin to cover the bases A daily multivitamin, while not a panacea, can give you an overall nutritive boost.
—Rachel Reiff Ellis, Fortune Well, 16 Apr. 2023
Scientists used to think that non-nutritive sweeteners were largely inert, activating sweet receptors on our tongues and passing through our bodies without causing metabolic changes.
—Laura Reiley, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Mar. 2023
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“Nutritive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nutritive. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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