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Xanthic
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What's The Definition Of Xanthic?Synonyms | Synonyms for Xanthic: Related Terms | Find terms related to Xanthic: See Also | Xanthic In Webster's Dictionary \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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