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Nutritive vs Meroistic - What's the difference?

nutritive | meroistic |

As adjectives the difference between nutritive and meroistic

is that nutritive is of or pertaining to nutrition while meroistic is (biology) describing ovaries]] (especially of insects) that secrete nutritive (yolk) material as well as [[ovum|ova.

nutritive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • of or pertaining to nutrition
  • nourishing, nutritional
  • * 2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 355:
    • D'Argenson reckoned that its consumption held up so well in times of high prices because the poor thought that it had nutritive value.

    Antonyms

    * nonnutritive

    Derived terms

    * antinutritive * innutritive * nutritively

    meroistic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (biology) Describing ovaries]] (especially of insects) that secrete nutritive (yolk) material as well as [[ovum, ova

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