Meaning Of Extractive

a.

Capable of being extracted.

a.

Tending or serving to extract or draw out.

n.

Anything extracted; an extract.

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.