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xanthic |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Xanthic \Xan"thic\, a. [Gr. xanqo`s yellow: cf F. xanthique.] 1. Tending toward a yellow color, or to one of those colors, green being excepted, in which yellow is a constituent, as scarlet, orange, etc 2. (Chem.) a Possessing, imparting, or producing a yellow color; as xanthic acid. b Of or pertaining to xanthic acid, or its compounds; xanthogenic. c Of or pertaining to xanthin. {Xanthic acid} (Chem.), a heavy, astringent, colorless oil, {C2H5O.CS.SH}, having a pungent odor. It is produced by leading carbon disulphide into a hot alcoholic solution of potassium hydroxide. So called from the yellow color of many of its salts. Called also {xanthogenic acid}. {Xanthic colors} (Bot.), those colors (of flowers) having some tinge of yellow; -- opposed to {cyanic colors}. See under {Cyanic}.
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