Word Meanings - NUTRITIVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to nutrition; as, the nutritive functions; having the quality of nourishing; nutritious; nutrimental; alimental; as, nutritive food or berries. Nutritive plasma. See Idioplasma. -- Nutritive polyp , any one of the zooids of a

Additional info about word: NUTRITIVE

Of or pertaining to nutrition; as, the nutritive functions; having the quality of nourishing; nutritious; nutrimental; alimental; as, nutritive food or berries. Nutritive plasma. See Idioplasma. -- Nutritive polyp , any one of the zooids of a compound hydroid, or coral, which has a mouth and digestive cavity. -- Nu"tri*tive*ly, adv. -- Nu"tri*tive*ness, n.

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• POLYPHYLLOUS
  Many-leaved; as, a polyphyllous calyx or perianth.
• POLYPODIUM
  A genus of plants of the order Filices or ferns. The fructifications are in uncovered roundish points, called sori, scattered over the inferior surface of the frond or leaf. There are numerous species.
• POLYPTEROIDEI
  A suborder of existing ganoid fishes having numerous fins along the back. The bichir, or Polypterus, is the type. See Illust. under Crossopterygian.
• POLYPHONE
  A character or vocal sign representing more than one sound, as read, which is pronounced red or rèd.
• HAVENED
  Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.
• HAVENER
  A harbor master.
• ALIMENTALLY
  So as to serve for nourishment or food; nourishing quality. Sir T. Browne.
• POLYPE
  See POLYP
• POLYPROTODONTA
  A division of marsupials in which there are more fore incisor teeth in each jaw.
• HAVELOCK
  A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.
• QUALITY
  1. The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort; rank. We lived most joyful, obtaining acquaintance with many of the city not of the meanest
• IDIOPLASMA
  That portion of the cell protoplasm which is the seat of all active changes, and which carries on the function of hereditary transmission; -- distinguished from the other portion, which is termed nutritive plasma. See Hygroplasm.
• POLYPOMEDUSAE
  See HYDROZOA
• HAVE
  haven, habben, AS. habben ; akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben, OFries, hebba, OHG. hab, G. haben, Icel. hafa, Sw. hafva, Dan. have, Goth. haban, and prob. to L. habere, whence F. 1. To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm. 2.
• POLYPHONOUS
  See POLYPHONIC
• POLYPIFEROUS
  Bearing polyps, or polypites.
• POLYPRAGMATIC; POLYPRAGMATICAL
  Overbusy; officious. Heywood.
• POLYPHONISM
  Polyphony.
• HAVENAGE
  Harbor dues; port dues.
• POLYPHORE
  A receptacle which bears many ovaries.
• INEQUALITY
  An expression consisting of two unequal quantities, with the sign of inequality between them; as, the inequality 2 < 3, or 4 > 1. (more info) 1. The quality of being unequal; difference, or want of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity;
• MISBEHAVE
  To behave ill; to conduct one's self improperly; -- often used with a reciprocal pronoun.
• INSHAVE
  A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves.
• KYTOPLASMA
  See THE