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Webster 1913 Edition
Xanthic
Xan′thic
,Adj.
[Gr.
ξανθόσ
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
.