ex-tractive

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adjective

tending or serving to extract, or based upon extraction: coal, oil, copper, and other extractive industries.

capable of being extracted, as from the earth: extractive fuels.

of, pertaining to, or involving extraction: extractive surgery.

of or of the nature of an extract.

noun

something extracted.

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Origin:
1590–1600; extract + -ive

Related forms

non·ex·trac·tive, adjective

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extractive (ɪkˈstræktɪv)

—*adj*
1.	tending or serving to extract
2.	of, involving, or capable of extraction

—n
3.	something extracted or capable of being extracted
4.	the part of an extract that is insoluble

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extractive ex·trac·tive (ĭk-strāk'tĭv)
adj.

Used in or obtained by extraction.
Possible to extract.

Something that may be extracted.
A substance present in tissue that can be separated by successive treatment with solvents and recovered by evaporation of the solution; the insoluble portion of an extract.

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