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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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}. 

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