Category:Xanthic

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.