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

Once milk flows, the baby will switch to a different, nutritive suck pattern.

From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 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

It’s not nutritive; the physiological ramifications are dire and well documented.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 10, 2018

He knew, as do many Gethenians, the caloric and nutritive value of each food; he knew his own requirements under various conditions, and how to estimate mine pretty closely.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin