Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Aiding or improving digestion.
  • noun An agent used to promote digestion.

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Examples

  • Reply to Rose: I too was very dissapointed to find that GNC seems to have discontinued thier milk digestant.

    Indian Alternatives to Milk Steve Carper 2006

  • Thyme has many valuable properties including its use as a digestant, carminative (to get rid of gas), diuretic, vermifuge (to get rid of worms and parasites); but most important, it has antispasmodic and expectorant (to bring up phlegm) properties.

    THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003

  • It is extremely heat generating, appetizer, digestant, rejuvenative, aphrodisiac herb and alleviates the skin and rheumatic disorders.

    Find Me A Cure 2009

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