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e·voc·a·tive

evocative

pronunciation:
ih va k tihv
part of speech: adjective
definition: tending to or able to evoke.
The smell of wood smoke in the chill air was evocative of childhood Christmases.
similar words:
expressive, suggestive, vivid
derivations: evocatively (adv.), evocativeness (n.)