Ex*tract"ive (?), a. [Cf. F. extractif.]
1.
Capable of being extracted.
"Thirty grains of
extractive matter."
Kirwan.
2.
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.
Cairnes.
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Ex*tract"ive, n.
1.
Anything extracted; an extract.
Extractives, of which the most constant are urea, kreatin, and grape sugar.
H. N. Martin.
2. Chem. (a)
A chemical principle once supposed to exist in all extracts
. [Obs.] (b)
Any one of a large class of substances obtained by extraction, and consisting largely of nitrogenous hydrocarbons, such as xanthin, hypoxanthin, and creatin extractives from muscle tissue.
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