Extractive
Extractive , adjective
[Compare French extractif.]
1.
Capable of being extracted.
Thirty grains of extractive matter.
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.
Extractive , noun
1.
Anything extracted; an extract.
Extractives, of which the most constant are urea, kreatin, and grape sugar.
2.
(a) (Chemistry) A chemical principle once supposed to exist in all extracts.
(b)
(Chemistry) 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. [Obsolete]