The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fermentative
Fermentative \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.
Wiktionary
fermentative
a. Of, pertaining to, causing or undergoing fermentation.
Usage examples of "fermentative".
Oxygen, combining with starch in a slow, fermentative combustion, could produce heat to ward off the cold that would otherwise stop growth.
Morphology, Chemistry, Physiology, and Fermentative Processes of the Eumycetes, Zygomycetes, and Saccharomycetes.