Xăn’thic, a.
(zăn’thik), a. [Fr. xanthique, from Gr. ξανθός, yellow.]
- Tending toward a yellow color, or to one of those colors, green being excepted, in which yellow is a constituent, as scarlet, orange, and the like.
- (Chem.) (a.) Of, or pertaining to, a certain oxide, called also uric oxide, existing in the form of a white powder, and insoluble in water, ether, or alcohol, obtained from a rare variety of urinary calculus, and from similar concretions. (b.) Of, or pertaining to, a certain heavy, oily, fluid acid.
Xanthic flowers (Bot.), those flowers which have yellow for their type, but can pass into red or white, though not into blue.