Adjective: assimilatory u'si-mu-lu,to-ree [N. Amer], u'si-mu-lu-tree or u,si-mu'ley-tu-ree [Brit]
- Capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution
"an assimilatory substance";
- assimilating, assimilative
See also: absorbent, absorptive