( n. )
The faculty possessed by all substances capable of self-nourishment of manifesting the nutritive acts by changes of form, of volume, or of structure.
( n. )
The faculty possessed by all substances capable of self-nourishment of manifesting the nutritive acts by changes of form, of volume, or of structure.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012