nutrient

1. Any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue (synset 100021445)
   is a type of: substance - a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties
   subtypes:

   • vitellus, yolk - nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg)
   • comfort food - food that is simply prepared and gives a sense of wellbeing; typically food with a high sugar or carbohydrate content that is associated with childhood or with home cooking
   • comestible, eatable, edible, pabulum, victual, victuals - any substance that can be used as food
   • fare - the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed
   • food product, foodstuff - a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food
   • aliment, alimentation, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, victuals - a source of materials to nourish the body
   • commissariat, provender, provisions, viands, victuals - a stock or supply of foods
   • feed, provender - food for domestic livestock
   • manna, manna from heaven, miraculous food - (Old Testament) food that God gave the Israelites during the Exodus
   • beverage, drink, drinkable, potable - any liquid suitable for drinking
   • water - a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants
   • soul food - food traditionally eaten by African-Americans in the South
   • micronutrient - a substance needed only in small amounts for normal body function (e.g., vitamins or minerals)
   • chyme - a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum
   • culture medium, medium - (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms
   has: food, solid food - any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment
   same as: food
2. Any substance (such as a chemical element or inorganic compound) that can be taken in by a green plant and used in organic synthesis (synset 100021914)
   is a type of: substance - a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties
   subtypes: water - a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants

1. Of or providing nourishment (synset 302568489)
   "good nourishing stew"
   similar to: wholesome - conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being
   same as: alimental, alimentary, nourishing, nutritious, nutritive

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