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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