Thesaurus: extractive

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1. a. Capable of being extracted.
2. a. Tending or serving to extract or draw out.
3. n. Anything extracted; an extract.
4. n. A chemical principle once supposed to exist in all extracts.
5. n. Any one of a large class of class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/substances">substances obtained by extraction, and consisting largely of nitrogenous hydrocarbons, such as xanthin, hypoxanthin, and creatin extractives from muscle tissue.
6. adj. involving the removal of substances from the ground
7. adj. of a capitalist system that prioritizes short-term profit over long-term sustainability
8. 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. 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.
9. j:100 a. class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/capable">Capable of being class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/extracted">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.