Hypertext Webster Gateway: "alimentary"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Alimentary \Al`i*men"ta*ry\, a. [L. alimentarius, fr. alimentum:
cf. F. alimentaire.]
Pertaining to aliment or food, or to the function of
nutrition; nutritious; alimental; as, alimentary substances.
{Alimentary canal}, the entire channel, extending from the
mouth to the anus, by which aliments are conveyed through
the body, and the useless parts ejected.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
alimentary
adj : providing nourishment; "good nourishing food" [syn: {nourishing},
{nutrient}, {nutritious}, {nutritive}]
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