nitrogenous, a.
(naɪˈtrɒdʒənəs)
[-ous.]
Containing, having the nature of, nitrogen.
| 1828–32 in Webster. 1846 G. E. Day tr. Simon's Anim. Chem. II. 195 The ammonia-salts, the urea, and nitrogenous extractive matters. 1880 Bastian Brain 8 Certain plants..seem capable of discriminating nitrogenous from other substances. |