wettable

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English

Etymology

From wet +‎ -able.

Adjective

wettable (comparative more wettable, superlative most wettable)

  1. Capable of being wetted.
    • 2008 January 1, Henry Fountain, “A Slippery Slope Is the Secret Weapon of Some Pitcher Plants”, in New York Times:
      But in other species, including Nepenthes rafflesiana, the one studied by Dr. Federle in northern Borneo, the outer part of the lip is covered in tiny ridges that make it extremely wettable.