source of nutrition

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source
noun[C]
uk
/sɔːs/us
/sɔːrs/
the place something comes from or starts at, or the cause ...
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nutrition
noun[U]
uk
/njuːˈtrɪʃ.ən/us
/nuːˈtrɪʃ.ən/
the substances that you take into your body as food and the way that they influence ...
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(Definition ofsourceandnutritionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsource of nutrition

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These organisms are an importantsourceofnutritionfor fish and this has important ramifications for parasite transmission.
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Familiar life would have found them the most difficult to metabolize, and hence the poorestsourceofnutrition.
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I believe that milk is a valuablesourceofnutrition.
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It is a waste of a valuablesourceofnutritionand protein.
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That was regarded as satisfactory in public health terms as the quantities of toxin are extraordinarily low and fish is an importantsourceofnutrition.
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There are millions of people in this country who depend on it as their mainsourceofnutrition.
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Only infant formula provides a substitute for breast milk in ensuring a solesourceofnutritionfor the newborn.
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Beer even forms a basicsourceofnutritionin certain countries.
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Children will lose a valuablesourceofnutrition, especially as those, and there are many of them, who do not have breakfast, will lose their 11 o'clock milk.
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I believe that milk is a valuablesourceofnutritionfor many children who in some parts of the country, and in urban areas in particular, are dangerously malnourished.
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Nuts (or seeds generally) are also a significantsourceofnutritionfor wildlife.
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They are the onlysourceofnutritionfor the ants, apart from the trophic eggs laid by the queen when the colony is young.
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The beetles excavate tunnels in dead trees in which they cultivate fungal gardens, their solesourceofnutrition.
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It is the primarysourceofnutritionfor young mammals before they are able to digest other types of food.
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Along with being asourceofnutritionfor monarchs, the plants also contain alkaloids that the monarchs retain, making them unpalatable and poisonous to predators.
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It is not suitable for people with galactosemia, or as a partialsourceofnutritionfor children under the age of 3.
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While breast milk is the optimalsourceofnutritionfor infants, it is not always an option.
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They excavate tunnels in living trees in which they cultivate fungal gardens as their solesourceofnutrition.
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This can make endosperm asourceofnutritionin human diet.
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Wheat and fruits were introduced by missionaries and are a minorsourceofnutrition.
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