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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Nitrogenous

/nīt-räj'-ən-əs/ · Ni·trog·e·nous · IPA /naɪtrˈɑdʒənəs/
01 a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, nitrogen; as, a nitrogenous principle; nitrogenous compounds.
  1. 1.
    Of, pertaining to, or resembling, nitrogen; as, a nitrogenous principle; nitrogenous compounds.(Chem.)
Phrases & compounds
Nitrogenous foods — See 2d Note under Food, n., 1.