xanthic

1. a. Tending toward a yellow color, or to one of those colors, green being excepted, in which yellow is a constituent, as scarlet, orange, etc. Source: opted

2. a. Possessing, imparting, or producing a yellow color; as, xanthic acid. Source: opted

3. a. Of or pertaining to xanthic acid, or its compounds; xanthogenic. Source: opted

4. a. Of or pertaining to xanthin. Source: opted

5. 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. Source: webster

6. a. Tending toward a yellow color, or to one of those colors, green being excepted, in which yellow is a constituent, as scarlet, orange, etc. a. Possessing, imparting, or producing a yellow color; as, xanthic acid. a. Of or pertaining to xanthic acid, or its compounds; xanthogenic. a. Of or pertaining to xanthin. Source: ecdict

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