a. | 1. | Having the power or quality of preserving; tending to preserve, or to keep from injury, decay, etc. |
n. | 1. | That which preserves, or has the power of preserving; a presevative agent. |
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Adj. | 1. | preservative - tending or having the power to preserve; "the timbers should be treated with a preservative" |