/ik strak"tiv/ , adj.
1. tending or serving to extract, or based upon extraction: coal, oil, copper, and other extractive industries.
2. capable of being extracted, as from the earth: extractive fuels.
3. of, pertaining to, or involving extraction: extractive surgery.
4. of or of the nature of an extract.
n.
5. something extracted.
[ 1590-1600; EXTRACT + -IVE ]