Found 1 items, similar to extractive.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Extractive Extractive \Ex*tract"ive\, a. [Cf. F. extractif.] 1. Capable of being extracted. “Thirty grains of extractive matter.” --Kirwan. [1913 Webster] 2. Tending or serving to extract or draw out. [1913 Webster] Certain branches of industry are conveniently designated extractive: e.g., agriculture, pastoral and mining pursuits, cutting of lumber, etc. --Cairnes. [1913 Webster] Extractive \Ex*tract"ive\, n. 1. Anything extracted; an extract. [1913 Webster] Extractives, of which the most constant are urea, kreatin, and grape sugar. --H. N. Martin. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]