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Definition of Xantic
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.
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (colour) of a yellowish colour.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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