EXTRACTIVE
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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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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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