• (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. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/pabulum/
Pab'u·lum noun [ Latin , akin to pascere to pasture. See Pastor .] 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 . Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/1