Extractive

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1. Adjective

Capable of being extracted.

2. Adjective

Tending or serving to extract or draw out.

3. Noun

Anything extracted; an extract.

4. Noun

A chemical principle once supposed to exist in all extracts.

5. Noun

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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