Extractive /(?)/
Ex·tract·ive
Extractive
a.
- Capable of being extracted.
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Tending or serving to extract or draw out.
Certain branches of industry are conveniently designated extractive: e.g., agriculture, pastoral and mining pursuits, cutting of lumber, etc.
Extractive
n.
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Anything extracted; an extract.
Extractives, of which the most constant are urea, kreatin, and grape sugar.
- A chemical principle once supposed to exist in all extracts. (Chem.) [Obs.]