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English Dictionary: alimentary by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alimentary
adj
  1. of or providing nourishment; "good nourishing stew" [syn: alimentary, alimental, nourishing, nutrient, nutritious, nutritive]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alimentary \Al`i*men"ta*ry\, a. [L. alimentarius, fr. alimentum:
      cf. F. alimentaire.]
      Pertaining to aliment or food, or to the function of
      nutrition; nutritious; alimental; as, alimentary substances.
  
      {Alimentary canal}, the entire channel, extending from the
            mouth to the anus, by which aliments are conveyed through
            the body, and the useless parts ejected.
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