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macerative

macerative adjective: causing or relating to maceration.

Adjective

macerative (comparative more macerative, superlative most macerative)

  1. Causing or relating to maceration.

Forms of macerative

comparativemore macerative
superlativemost macerative

Origin of macerative

From macerate + -ive.

Questions about macerative

What does macerative mean?
Macerative means causing or relating to maceration.
What part of speech is macerative?
Macerative is an adjective.

Words near macerative in the dictionary

  1. maceraters
  2. macerates
  3. macerating
  4. maceration
  5. macerations
  6. macerative
  7. macerator
  8. macerators
  9. macerozyme
  10. macerozymes
  11. macers

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