nitrogenous
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɒdʒɪnəs
Adjective[edit]
nitrogenous (not comparable)
- of, relating to, or containing nitrogen
- 1892, Ella Eaton Kellogg, “Vegetables”, in Science in the Kitchen: A Scientific Treatise on Food Substances and Their Dietetic Properties, Together with a Practical Explanation of the Principles of Healthful Cookery, and a Large Number of Original, Palatable, and Wholesome Recipes[1], Revised edition, Michigan: Health Publishing Company, page 243:
- The percentage of nutritive elements contained in the parsnip is very small; so small, indeed, that one pound of parsnips affords hardly one fifth of an ounce of nitrogenous or muscle-forming material.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
of nitrogen
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