extractive

1. a. Capable of being extracted. Source: opted

2. a. Tending or serving to extract or draw out. Source: opted

3. n. Anything extracted; an extract. Source: opted

4. n. A chemical principle once supposed to exist in all extracts. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

6. adj. involving the removal of substances from the ground Source: wordnet

7. adj. of a capitalist system that prioritizes short-term profit over long-term sustainability Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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. Source: ecdict

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