"superfood" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: superfoods [plural]
Etymology: From super- + food. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|super|food}} super- + food Head templates: {{en-noun}} superfood (plural superfoods)
  1. Any food purported to confer remarkable health benefits. Translations (food supposed to confer remarkable health benefits): superaliment [masculine] (Catalan), 超級食品 (Chinese Mandarin), 超级食品 (chāojí shípǐn) (Chinese Mandarin), superpotravina [feminine] (Czech), superruoka (Finnish), super-aliment [masculine] (French), superaliment [masculine] (French), Super-Lebensmittel [neuter] (German), Supernahrungsmittel [neuter] (German), υπερτροφή (ypertrofí) [feminine] (Greek), super-alimento [masculine] (Italian), superalimento [masculine] (Italian), supercibo [masculine] (Italian), superalimento [masculine] (Portuguese), superalimento [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-superfood-en-noun-15OSJbae Categories (other): English terms prefixed with super- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with super-: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'food supposed to confer remarkable health benefits': 89 11
  2. Any food which provides a very concentrated source of protein, fats, or other nutritional necessities. Categories (topical): Foods
    Sense id: en-superfood-en-noun-Z-I5tfCQ Disambiguation of Foods: 42 58 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with super- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 35 65 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with super-: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: superfoodie, superfoody

Inflected forms

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