nutritious
adj.containing many of the substances your body needs to stay healthy and grow.
adj.providing a high degree of nourishment; containing essential vitamins, minerals, and other substances necessary for health.
“A bowl of oatmeal is a nutritious way to start the day.”
“The school cafeteria updated its menu to include more nutritious options like fresh salads and whole grains.”
“While processed snacks are convenient, they often lack the nutritious density found in whole foods, which provide the sustained energy required for demanding physical or mental tasks.”
Typically used attributively before a noun or predicatively after a linking verb like 'be' or 'seem'.
“I study how meat is turned into foods such as deli ham and how to make those foods safe, tasty and nutritious .”
“Photograph: Anikona/Getty Images “There is no single point at which greens suddenly stop being nutritious,” she adds.”
Learned borrowing from Latin nūtrītius, from nūtrītus, from nūtrīre.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.