extractive

extractive
/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]

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