pabulum
n.
source of nourishment for plants or animals (generally regarding lower life forms); food; intellectual nourishment (often of dull or banal content)
Pablum
pabulum
Noun
1. any substance that can be used as food
(synonym) comestible, edible, eatable, victual, victuals
(hypernym) food, nutrient
(hyponym) tuck
2. insipid intellectual nourishment
(hypernym) food, food for thought, intellectual nourishment
Pabulum
(n.)
The means of nutriment to animals or plants; food; nourishment; hence, that which feeds or sustains, as fuel for a fire; that upon which the mind or soul is nourished; as, intellectual pabulum.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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fodder| forage| food for cattle; food/sustenance; fuel (for fire)