nutritive

adjective

1. serving to nourish; providing nutriment; nutritious.
2. of, relating to, or concerned with nutrition: foods with high nutritive value.

noun

3. an item of nourishing food: a breakfast of cereals, fruits, and other nutritives.

adjective

1. providing nourishment
2. of, concerning, or promoting nutrition

noun

3. a nutritious food

adj.

late 14c., from Old French nutritif and directly from Medieval Latin nutritivus “nourishing,” from past participle stem of Latin nutrire “to nourish” (see nourish).

adj.

1. Of or relating to nutrition.
2. Nutritious; nourishing.