The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nonnitrogenous
Nonnitrogenous \Non`ni*trog"e*nous\, a. Devoid of nitrogen; as, a nonnitrogenous principle; a nonnitrogenous food. See the Note under Food, n., 1.
Wiktionary
nonnitrogenous
a. Not nitrogenous.
Usage examples of "nonnitrogenous".
Some of the leaves which were not affected by the nonnitrogenous fluids were, as above stated, immediately afterwards tested with bits of meat, and were thus proved to be in an active condition.
The inflection excited by the other salts of ammonia is probably due solely to their nitrogen,--on the same principle that nitrogenous organic fluids act powerfully, whilst nonnitrogenous organic fluids are powerless.