Digestive \Di*gest"ive\, a. [F. digestif, L. digestivus.] Pertaining to digestion; having the power to cause or promote digestion; as, the digestive ferments. Digestive cheese and fruit there sure will be. --B. Jonson. {Digestive apparatus}, the organs of food digestion, esp. the alimentary canal and glands connected with it. {Digestive salt}, the chloride of potassium.