\Ex*tract"ive\, a. [Cf. F. extractif.]
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.

\Ex*tract"ive\, n.
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.