Definition of extractive

• a. - Capable of being 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.