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extractive principle

extractive principle noun: a peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts.

Noun

extractive principle

  1. a peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts

Questions about extractive principle

What does extractive principle mean?
Extractive principle means a peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts.
What part of speech is extractive principle?
Extractive principle is a noun.

Words near extractive principle in the dictionary

  1. extraction shooter
  2. extraction shooters
  3. extractional
  4. extractions
  5. extractive
  6. extractive principle
  7. extractively
  8. extractiveness
  9. extractives
  10. extractivism
  11. extractivist

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