Definition of "extractives" [extractives]

• Plural form of extractive. (noun)

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• "As meat contains a comparatively large quantity of purins and other bodies called extractives, it is probable that such quantities have an injurious effect, quite apart from the question of uric acid production."
• "Besides, meats contain flavoring and stimulating principles, called extractives, which increase the desire for them."
• "Flavor in meat depends mainly on certain nitrogenous substances which are called extractives because they can be dissolved out or "extracted" by soaking the meat in cold water."