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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.
That may be extracted.

EXTRACT'IVE

,
Noun.
The proximate principle of vegetable extracts.

Definition 2024

extractive

extractive

English

Adjective

extractive ‎(comparative more extractive, superlative most extractive)

  1. That serves to extract something
    • Cairnes
      Certain branches of industry are conveniently designated extractive: e.g., agriculture, pastoral and mining pursuits, cutting of lumber, etc.
  2. That withdraws natural resources by extraction
    • 2014, BusinessDictionary.com
      The extractive industry consists of any operations that remove metals, mineral and aggregates from the earth. Examples of extractive processes include oil and gas extraction, mining, dredging and quarrying.
  3. Able to be extracted
    • Kirwan
      Thirty grains of extractive matter.

Derived terms

  • extractive distillation

Noun

extractive ‎(plural extractives)

  1. Something that may be extracted
  2. The substance left behind after something has been extracted

French

Adjective

extractive

  1. feminine of extractif

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