extractive

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for extractive

extractive 🔊

extractive : නිස්සාරක

extractive definition

Adjective.

  1. Capable of being extracted.
  2. Tending or serving to extract or draw out.

Noun.

  1. Anything extracted; an extract.
  2. A chemical principle once supposed to exist in all extracts.
  3. 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.