Definition of extractive Extractive
ex•trac•tive
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What does extractive mean?
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- extractive (a.)
Capable of being extracted. - extractive (a.)
Tending or serving to extract or draw out. - extractive (n.)
Anything extracted; an extract. - extractive (n.)
A chemical principle once supposed to exist in all extracts. - extractive (n.)
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.
