digestive

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   relating to the process or organs by which food is broken down and absorbed

   The stomach and intestines are central parts of the digestive system.

2. 2
   adj

   helping or intended to help digestion

   The herbal mixture was sold as a digestive remedy.

3. 3
   noun

   in British English, a mildly sweet wholemeal biscuit

   She dipped a digestive into her tea.

From Old French digestif and Late Latin digestivus, from Latin digerere, "to arrange, distribute, or digest." The British biscuit name is shortened from digestive biscuit, originally marketed with the claim that its ingredients aided digestion.

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