Ex*tract"ive, n. 1.
Anything extracted; an extract.
Extractives, of which the most constant are
urea, kreatin, and grape sugar.
H. N. Martin.
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.
Ex*tract"ive (?), a. [Cf. F.
extractif.] 1. Capable of being
extracted. "Thirty grains of extractive matter."
Kirwan.
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.