detentive (detentiv)

[L. detent us, pp. of detinere, detain (see detent ), + -ive.] Used in detaining, as intruding insects; seizing and holding. The detentive surface [of the pitcher in Nepenthes) is represented by the fluid secretion which is invariably present. determinant The Deteriorative Power of Conventional Art over Na tions. The Athenœum, No. 3156, p. 489.