Definition of "denominative"

denominative

adjective
not comparable
1. Being a name.
  Quotations
  From the fact that this was the most noticeable feature in their costume, the name came naturally to be the denominative term of the tribe.
  1885, William Philo Clark, The Indian Sign Language, page 283
2. Possessing, or capable of possessing, a distinct denomination or designation; denominable.
  Quotations
  The least denominative part of time is a second.
  1678, J. Hawkins, Cocker's Arithm., ii. 29
3. (grammar) Deriving from a noun, or from an adjective, such as the verb destruct from the noun destruction.
noun
plural denominatives
1. A word, often a verb, that is derived from a noun or adjective.