different between nutritive vs perisperm

English

Etymology

From Middle French nutritif, from Late Latin n?trit?vus, from the participle stem of Latin n?tri? (“I suckle”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?nju?t??t?v/

Adjective

nutritive (comparative more nutritive, superlative most nutritive)

1. Of or pertaining to nutrition.
2. Nourishing, nutritional.
   • 2002, Colin Jones, 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

Translations

Noun

nutritive (plural nutritives)

1. (archaic) A nutrient.

Anagrams

• vetturini

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ny.t?i.tiv/

Adjective

nutritive

1. feminine singular of nutritif

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

nutritive

1. inflection of nutritiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Interlingua

Adjective

nutritive (comparative plus nutritive, superlative le plus nutritive)

1. nutritious

Related terms

• nutriente
• nutrimento
• nutrition

Italian

Adjective

nutritive f

1. feminine plural of nutritivo

Anagrams

• nutritevi, vetturini

English

Etymology

From French périsperme. See peri- and sperm.

Noun

perisperm (plural perisperms)

1. (biology) The layer of nutritive tissue, derived from the nucellus, that surrounds the embryo of a seed in some angiosperms.

Derived terms

• perispermic

Romanian

Etymology

From French périsperme.

Noun

perisperm n (plural perisperme)

1. perisperm

Declension