alimental

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Supplying food; having the quality of nourishing; furnishing the materials for natural growth; as, alimental sap.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

The sun that light imparts to all, receives From all his alimental recompence In humid exhalations, and at even Sups with the ocean.

From Paradise Lost by Milton, John

In old clover the proportion of insoluble woody fibre is often so considerable as to greatly detract from the alimental value of the plant.

From The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Cameron, Charles Alexander, Sir

Its composition indicates a high nutritive power; but it is probable that its nitrogenous matters are partly in a low degree of elaboration, which greatly detracts from its alimental value.

From The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Cameron, Charles Alexander, Sir

In the opening up of new countries like the United States and Australia, the railway is the literal maker of the town, in older countries it is the chief alimental channel.

From The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production by Hobson, J. A. (John Atkinson)