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Meaning of 'extractive' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Extractive [ a.]
- Capable of being extracted.
- Tending or serving to extract or draw out.
2 . Extractive [ n.]
- Anything extracted; an extract.
- A chemical principle once supposed to exist in all extracts.
- 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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extacy extance extancy extant extasy extatic extemporal extemporanean extemporaneous extemporarily

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