spongy (adj.)

• absorbent
• adsorbent
• assimilative
• baccate
• bibulous
• chemisorptive
• chemosorptive
• digestive
• doughy
• edematous
• flabby
• fleshy
• medullary
• mushy
• osmotic
• pasty
• pithy
• porose
• porous
• pulpy
• quaggy
• soft
• sorbent
• spongelike
• squashy
• squishy
• succulent
• thirsty
• yielding