Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pabulum"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pabulum \Pab"u*lum\, n. [L., akin to pascere to pasture. See
{Pastor}.]
The means of nutriment to animals or plants; food;
nourishment; hence, that which feeds or sustains, as fuel for
a fire; that upon which the mind or soul is nourished; as,
intellectual pabulum.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pabulum
n 1: any substance that can be used as food [syn: {comestible}, {edible},
{eatable}, {victual}, {victuals}]
2: insipid intellectual nourishment
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