able or tending to absorb; absorbent.

Is absorption an adjective?

Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb absorb which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts. Something that has been absorbed, taken in, engulfed, imbibed, or assimilated. ... [First attested in the mid 18th century.]

What does highly absorptive mean?

able to be absorbed (= taken in and held or used), for example by the skin or the body: The small molecules of goat's milk make it highly absorptive when rubbed into the skin. absorptive vitamins and minerals. More examples.