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nutriment

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Nutrition, Biology
nu·tri·ment /ˈnjuːtrəmənt $ ˈnuː-/ noun [uncountable] formal  DFNHBa substance that gives plants and animals what they need in order to live and grow 养分;营养 SYN nourishment
Examples from the Corpus
nutrimentI imagined I had discovered a nutriment which, on tasting it, renders one all-powerful and all-knowing.Beetle grubs may spend seven years boring through wood and extracting nutriment from that most indigestible of materials, cellulose.Having a rather poor root system, it gets nutriment mainly from the water.Seeds, of course, are much richer in nutriment than any fleshy coating.Whatever the program offered at the hour when he walks into the room will be the nutriment that he accepts and swallows.
Origin nutriment (1500-1600) Latin nutrimentum, from nutrire; → NUTRIENT
nu·tri·ment nounChineseSyllable
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nutriment
nutriment /ˈnjuːtrəmənt, ˈnjuːtrɪmənt $ ˈnuː-/ noun [uncountable] formal
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Latin
 Origin: nutrimentum, from nutrire; nutrient
a substance that gives plants and animals what they need in order to live and grow
   SYN  nourishment