nutritiousness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

nutritiousness
    n 1: the quality of being nourishing and promoting healthy
         growth [syn: {nutritiousness}, {nutritiveness}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Nutritious \Nu*tri"tious\, a. [L. nutricius, nutritius, from
   nutrix, -icis, a nurse, nutrire to nourish. See {Nurse},
   {Nourish}.]
   Nourishing; promoting growth, or preventing decay; alimental.
   -- {Nu*tri"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Nu*tri"tious*ness}, n.
   [1913 Webster]