Nutritive
Pronunciation : Nu"tri*tive
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [Cf. F. nutritif.]
Definition : Defn: Of or pertaining to nutrition; as, the nutritive functions; having the quality of nourishing; nutritious; nutrimental; alimental; as, nutritive food or berries. Nutritive plasma. (Biol.) See Idioplasma. -- Nutritive polyp (Zo?l.), any one of the zooids of a compound hydroid, or coral, which has a mouth and digestive cavity. -- Nu"tri*tive*ly, adv. -- Nu"tri*tive*ness, n.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913