pabulum
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- noun
- /ˈpæbjʊləm/
- Specialized
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pabulum
- The children were provided with a nutritious pabulum that ensured they received essential vitamins and minerals.
So each of the chapters has a, some solid, you know, wheat germ pabulum, but it's covered with some little layer of chocolate.
- So each of the chapters has a, some solid, you know, wheat germ pabulum, but it's covered with some little layer of chocolate.
Examples
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So each of the chapters has a, some solid, you know, wheat germ pabulum, but it's covered with some little layer of chocolate.
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In a scientific study, the researchers analyzed the pabulum to determine its nutritional value for growing organisms.
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During the experiment, the biologist used a specialized pabulum to feed the lab animals for optimal growth.
Synonyms
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A thing from nature, like a plant or mushroom, that you can eat
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Food kept to eat later
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A thing you can eat
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A soft bland cereal food for babies and young children
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A food you can eat
Food and drink kept or prepared to eat
Soft wet food that babies or sick people can eat
Soft, thin food that people give to babies or sick people
Compounds
How Nourishing
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pabulum comes from a Latin word meaning 'food' or 'fodder', a simple name for something that feeds animals or plants. So in science pabulum is used for a substance that gives nourishment to cells or young animals.