Extractive

Definition:

  • (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.

Compare extractive with other words:

extractive vs. extructive

eductive vs. extractive

extracted vs. extractive

extract vs. extractive

extractive vs. hydrometallurgy