Extractive

[ik'stræktiv]

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.

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