Word Meaning

extractive definition and meaning

a. Capable of being extracted.
a. Tending or serving to extract or draw out.
n. Anything extracted; an extract.
n. A chemical principle once supposed to exist in all extracts.
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.