Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Softening.
  • Yielding oil by expression: as, emulsive seeds.
  • Producing or yielding a milk-like substance: as, emulsive acids.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Softening; milklike.
  • adjective Yielding oil by expression.
  • adjective Producing or yielding a milklike substance.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective That yields an emulsion (or a milk-like substance)

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