xanthic colors

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xanthic colors - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Xanthic \Xan"thic\, a. [Gr. xanqo`s yellow: cf. F. xanthique.]
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     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.
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     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.
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     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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