Xanthic
Xanthic , adjective
[Greek xanqo`s yellow: compare French 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.
(a) (Chemistry) Possessing, imparting, or producing a yellow color; as, xanthic acid.
(b)
(Chemistry) Of or pertaining to xanthic acid, or its compounds; xanthogenic.
(c)
(Chemistry) Of or pertaining to xanthin.
Collocations (2)
Xanthic acid (Chemistry) , 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 (Botany) , those colors (of flowers) having some tinge of yellow; -- opposed to cyanic colors. See under Cyanic.