|alə|mentərē, -n.trē, -ri adjective
Etymology: Latin alimentarius, from alimentum + -arius -ary
1. : of, concerned with, or relating to nourishment or to the function of nutrition : nutritive
alimentary processes of the body
2. : having to do with sustenance or maintenance : furnishing maintenance
that great alimentary thoroughfare of the blossomed desert — A.B.Guthrie