nutrient : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: nutrient	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for nutrient
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nutrient adj of or providing nourishment; "good nourishing stew" [syn: alimentary, alimental, nourishing, nutrient, nutritious, nutritive] n any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue Synonym(s): food, nutrient any substance (such as a chemical element or inorganic compound) that can be taken in by a green plant and used in organic synthesis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nutrient \Nu"tri*ent\, a. [L. nutriens, p. pr. of nutrire. See {Nourish}.] Nutritious; nourishing; promoting growth. -- n. Any substance which has nutritious qualities, i. e., which nourishes or promotes growth.