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\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.
\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.

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