Extractive — Defs

01 a. Capable of being extracted.

1.
Capable of being extracted.
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.

02 n. Anything extracted; an extract.

1.
Anything extracted; an extract.
“Extractives, of which the most constant are urea, kreatin, and grape sugar.” — H. N. Martin.
2.
A chemical principle once supposed to exist in all extracts.(Chem.) [Obs.]