nutrient

(s) of or providing nourishment
- good nourishing stew
alimental, alimentary, nourishing, nutritious, nutritive,

Nouns

(n) any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue food,
(n) any substance (such as a chemical element or inorganic compound) that can be taken in by a green plant and used in organic synthesis

Synonyms

food alimental alimentary nourishing nutritious nutritive

Words of close approximity

nutrient agar nutrient artery