Descriptive (adjective)

1. Providing or serving to describe or characterize something; giving a picture or representation of something.
2. Relating to description; used for description.
3. Serving to identify or distinguish a particular type or thing.

Origin:

Late 16th century: from late latin descriptivus, from describere 'to write down, describe'.

Examples:

1. The descriptive text accompanying the painting gave an insight into the artist's motivations.
2. The descriptive statistics of the data showed patterns in the distribution of the observations.
3. The descriptive labels on the shelves made it easy to find the desired item.
4. The descriptive analysis revealed the common features of the successful companies.
5. The descriptive words in the song lyrics painted vivid pictures in the listener's mind.