alimentary
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GC: adj

S: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9822315 (last access: 1 January 2016); UNESCO – http://www.unesco.org/cpp/uk/projects/insecurity/sympol/emmanuelli.html (last access: 1 January 2016).

N: 1. 1610s, from Medieval Latin alimentarius “pertaining to food,” from Latin alimentum “nourishment,” from alere “to nourish, rear, support, maintain,” from PIE root *al- “to grow, nourish” (see old).
2. Pertaining to food or nutritive material, or to the organs of digestion.

S: 1. OED – http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=alimentary (last access: 1 January 2016). 2. DORLAND – https://goo.gl/x9B8h6, p. 48 (last access: 1 January 2016).

SYN: 1. food (context). 2. dietary (context). 3. nutritional (context).

S: 1. FAO – http://www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation/en/ (last access: 1 January 2016). 2. GDT – http://www.granddictionnaire.com/ficheOqlf.aspx?Id_Fiche=8363827 (last access: 1 January 2016); TERMIUM PLUS (last access: 1 January 2016). 3. DTMe (last access: 1 January 2016).

CR: feeding, health food, healthy food, organic food, processed food.