Putrefactive \Pu`tre*fac"tive\, a. [Cf. putr['e]factif. See Putrefy.]

1. Of or pertaining to putrefaction; as, the putrefactive smell or process. --Wiseman.

2. Causing, or tending to promote, putrefaction. -- Pu``tre*fac"tive*ness, n.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)