Extractive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Used in or obtained by extraction.
  • adj. Possible to extract.
  • n. Something that may be extracted.
  • n. The insoluble portion of an extract.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. That serves to extract something
  • adj. Able to be extracted
  • n. Something that may be extracted
  • n. The substance left behind after something has been extracted
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Capable of being extracted.
  • adj. Tending or serving to extract or draw out.
  • n. Anything extracted; an extract.
  • n.
  • 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of the nature of an extract; extracted.
  • Tending or serving to extract; extracting.
  • n. An extract.
  • n. In pharmacy, the substance which, during the evaporation in making an extract, becomes dark in color and at last insoluble. Its nature is doubtful.
  • n. In physiol. chem., one of various substances existing in small quantities in animal tissue, such as creatine and xanthin.
    • Word Usage
    "The rights and wrongs of America's system of class action, which gives new meaning to the term extractive industry, are properly matters for the U.S. courts and legislators."
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