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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Digestive \Di*gest"ive\, adjective [F. digestif, L. digestivus.] Pertaining to digestion; having the power to cause or promote digestion; as, the digestive ferments.
Digestive cheese and fruit there sure will be. --B. Jonson.
{Digestive apparatus}, the organs of food digestion, esp. the alimentary canal and glands connected with it.
{Digestive salt}, the chloride of potassium.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Digestive \Di*gest"ive\, noun
1. That which aids digestion, as a food or medicine. --Chaucer.
That digestive [a cigar] had become to me as necessary as the meal itself. --Blackw. Mag.
2. (Med.) (a) A substance which, when applied to a wound or ulcer, promotes suppuration. --Dunglison. (b) A tonic. [R.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
digestive
adjective: relating to or having the power to cause or promote digestion; "digestive juices"; "a digestive enzyme"; "digestive ferment"
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