alimental
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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 J. A. (John Atkinson) Hobson
Gums are nutritious foods, but it is probable that they are not equal in alimental power to equal weights of starch or sugar.
From The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Sir Charles Alexander Cameron
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 Sir Charles Alexander Cameron
Okras, the fruit of a small tree, resembling the English mallows, which put into soup gives it a gelatine quality, highly alimental; the leaves make a good spinage.
From Observations Upon the Windward Coast of Africa by Joseph Corry
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 Sir Charles Alexander Cameron
