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extractive
CIDE DICTIONARY
extractive, a. [Cf. F. extractif.].
- Capable of being extracted. Kirwan. [1913 Webster]
- Tending or serving to extract or draw out. [1913 Webster]"Certain branches of industry are conveniently designated extractive:
e.g. , agriculture, pastoral and mining pursuits, cutting of lumber, etc." [1913 Webster]
extractive, n.
- Anything extracted; an extract. [1913 Webster]"Extractives, of which the most constant are urea, kreatin, and grape sugar." [1913 Webster]
- A chemical principle once supposed to exist in all extracts. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
extractive, adj. of or involving extraction, esp. extensive extracting of natural resources without provision for their renewal.
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