Xanthic describes something as tending toward a yellow colour, or to one of those colours, green being excepted, in which yellow is a constituent, such as scarlet, orange, etc. In chemistry, the term xanthic refers to something possessing, imparting, or producing a yellow colour, such as xanthic acid, and is also used to refer to something pertaining to xanthic acid, or its compounds. Research Xanthic
In botany, the cyanic Series is a series of colours in flowers of which blue is the type, passing into red or white but never into yellow. It is distinguished from the xanthic series, of which the type is yellow, passing into red and white but never into blue. Research Cyanic Series
Xanthamide (xanthogen amide) is an amido derivative of xanthicacid. It is a white crystalline substance with the formulae C2H5O.CS.NH2. Research Xanthamide
Xanthic acid also known as xanthogenic acid is an organic, heavy, astringent, colourless oil, with the formulae C2H5OCS.SH so named on account of many of its salts being yellow in colour. It has a pungent odour. It is produced by leading carbon disulphide into a hot alcoholic solution of potassiumhydroxide. Research Xanthic Acid
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