Extractive

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Extractive \Ex*tract"ive\, a. [Cf. F. extractif.]
     1. Capable of being extracted. "Thirty grains of extractive
        matter." --Kirwan.
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     2. Tending or serving to extract or draw out.


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              Certain branches of industry are conveniently
              designated extractive: e.g., agriculture, pastoral
              and mining pursuits, cutting of lumber, etc.
                                                    --Cairnes.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Extractive \Ex*tract"ive\, n.
     1. Anything extracted; an extract.
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              Extractives, of which the most constant are urea,
              kreatin, and grape sugar.             --H. N.
                                                    Martin.
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     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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