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Webster 1913 Edition
Extractive
Ex-tract′ive
,Adj.
[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.
Ex-tract′ive
,Noun.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Extractive
EXTRACT'IVE
,Adj.
EXTRACT'IVE
,Noun.