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Extractive   Listen
noun
Extractive  n.  
1.
Anything extracted; an extract. "Extractives, of which the most constant are urea, kreatin, and grape sugar."
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.





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... of net national product; extractive industries (oil, coal, iron ore, manganese, chromite, lead, zinc, copper, titanium, bauxite, gold, silver, phosphates, sulfur), iron and steel, nonferrous metal, tractors and other agricultural machinery, electric motors, ...
— The 1995 CIA World Factbook • United States Central Intelligence Agency


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