nutritive

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The pioneers are the seabirds, whose fishy guano provides a nutritive anchor for air and seaborne seeds.

From Scientific American • Oct. 19, 2023

Fall is a great time to add a percolating layer of compost as a nutritive mulch on new or existing beds, or even on a lawn.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 18, 2022

Plant and microbial species, in particular, can reveal new medicinal and nutritive knowledge.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

According to Mary Zalla, global president of consumer brands at the consulting firm Landor, the trend fits with consumers’ increasing expectations that foods and beverages be carriers of additional benefits beyond just nutritive ones.

From Washington Post • Dec. 19, 2019

Did he bring home nutritive roots and brew homeopathic teas?

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides