nutritiousness

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nutritiousness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Nutritious \Nu*tri"tious\, a. [L. nutricius, nutritius, from
     nutrix, -icis, a nurse, nutrire to nourish. See Nurse,
     Nourish.]
     Nourishing; promoting growth, or preventing decay; alimental.
     -- Nu*tri"tious*ly, adv. -- Nu*tri"tious*ness, n.
     [1913 Webster]

nutritiousness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  nutritiousness
      n 1: the quality of being nourishing and promoting healthy
           growth [syn: nutritiousness, nutritiveness]