n. Something chewed, originally as a medicine, now typically for pleasure or to increase the flow of saliva.
adj. Of, or relating to mastication.
adj. Used for chewing.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Chewing; adapted to perform the office of chewing food.
n. A substance to be chewed to increase the saliva.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Relating or pertaining to mastication; used in or effected by chewing: as, the masticatory apparatus or process.
n. A substance chewed to excite the secretion of saliva.
Word Usage
"Its small grinding teeth suggest it had only weak masticatory muscles for chewing food, and probably tucked into soft vegetation, fruit and squidgy aquatic plants in deltas, the experts say."