Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- Yellow: xanthine.
- Xanthic acid: xanthate.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A genus of brachyurous crustaceans, of the family Cancridæ, with numerous species. Also Xanthus.
Wiktionary
- yellow
- chemistry derivative of xanthic acid
GNU Webster's 1913
- A combining form from Gr. xanqo`s yellow; as in
xantho cobaltic salts. Used also adjectively in chemistry.
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek ξανθός (ksanthos, "yellow"). (Wiktionary)
- Greek, yellow, from xanthos. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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