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

See also: absorbent, absorptive, assimilate