'Extractive' definitions:
Definition of 'Extractive'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Extractive'
From: GCIDE
- 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]