nutriture

[Lat. nutritura, fem. sing. of nutriturus, fut. part. of nutrio to nourish.] The power or quality of nourishing; nutrition. [NURTURE, 8.] "Never make a meal of flesh alone, have some other meat with it of le nutriture." - Harvey: On Consump tions. nut-tal-lite, s. [Named after T. Nuttall; suff. -ite ( Min.).] Min .: A variety of Scapolite (q. v.), occurring in crystals in crystalline calcite at Bolton, Ma . Color, white to smoky-brown; varies much in composition, being frequently much altered. Dana includes it in his species wernerite of the Scapolite group.