providing nourishment; " good nourishing food"

any substance that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue

Nutritious; nourishing; promoting growth.

Any substance which has nutritious qualities, i. e., which nourishes or promotes growth.

Anything, as an article of food, that nourishes or promotes growth.

Nutritious or promoting growth.

Nutritive, carrying nourishment.

Anything nourishing.

Nourishing: promoting growth.

Giving nourishment; nourishing.

Any substance which nourishes.

Nourishing; nutritious.

Anything nourishing or nutritious.

This double purpose is accomplished through the agency of an internal nutrient fluid, a portion of which has already been referred to as the lymph. – Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Francis M. Walters, A.M.