"desiccative" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more desiccative [comparative], most desiccative [superlative]
Etymology: From desiccate + -ive. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|desiccate|ive}} desiccate + -ive Head templates: {{en-adj}} desiccative (comparative more desiccative, superlative most desiccative)
  1. causing to desiccate; drying out Translations (causing to desiccate): dessecant (Catalan), dessecatiu (Catalan), déssechant (French), dessiccatif (French), dessecante (Portuguese), desecativo (Spanish), desecante (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-desiccative-en-adj-HPKtKUSZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ive, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 72 28 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 76 24

Noun

Forms: desiccatives [plural]
Etymology: From desiccate + -ive. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|desiccate|ive}} desiccate + -ive Head templates: {{en-noun}} desiccative (plural desiccatives)
  1. Any substance that promotes drying.
    Sense id: en-desiccative-en-noun-4-Hp7tj7

Inflected forms

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