Extractive \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Extractive \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)