nitrogenous en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English nitrogen Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English nitrogenous From nitrogen + -ous.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) of, relating to, or containing nitrogen
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.
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, Revised edition, Michigan: Health Publishing Company, page 243:
Deriveds
isonitrogenous · anitrogenous · nonnitrogenous
Synonyms
Translations (21)
cmn 含氮的 (of nitrogen) · ru азотосодержа́щий (of nitrogen) · pl azotowy (of nitrogen) · ru азо́тный (of nitrogen) · pt nitrogenoso (of nitrogen) · kk азотты (of nitrogen) · fr azoté (of nitrogen) · fi typekäs (of nitrogen) · gv neetrageenagh (of nitrogen) · bg азотен (of nitrogen) · ru азотсодержа́щий (of nitrogen) · kmr nîtrojenî (of nitrogen) · el αζωτούχος (of nitrogen) · uk азо́тний (of nitrogen) · my နိုက်ထရိုဂျင် (of nitrogen) · ar نَتْرُوجِينِيّ (of nitrogen) · ru азо́тистый (of nitrogen) · de Stickstoff- (of nitrogen) · uz azotli (of nitrogen) · ne नाइट्रोजनीय (of nitrogen) · ga nítrigineach (of nitrogen)