·adj Capable of being extracted.
II. Extractive ·adj Tending or serving to extract or draw out.
III. Extractive ·noun Anything extracted; an
Extract.
IV. Extractive ·noun A chemical principle once supposed to exist in all extracts.
V. Extractive ·noun 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.