Dictionary entry

Fermentative

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Fer‐ment″a‐tive (?), a. [Cf. F. fermentatif.] Causing, or having power to cause, fermentation; produced by fermentation; fermenting; as, a fermentative process.

— Fer‐ment″a‐tive‐ly, adv. — Fer‐ment″a‐tive‐ness, n.