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Nutrient   Listen
noun
Nutrient  n.  
1.
Any substance which has nutritious qualities, i. e., which nourishes or promotes growth; a nutriment.
2.
Specifically: (Microbiology) A substance added to the growth medium of a microorganism to promote growth.





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"Nutrient" Quotes from Famous Books



... "many-kneed," buckwheat order of plants. Its brilliant colouring is due to varying states of its natural pigment (chlorophyll), in combination with oxygen. For culinary purposes the stalk, or petiole of the broad leaf, is used. Its chief nutrient property is glucose, which is identical with grape-sugar. The agreeable taste and odour of the [160] plant are not brought out until the leaf stalks are cooked. It came originally from the Volga, and has been grown in this country since 1573. The sour taste ...
— Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure • William Thomas Fernie


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