Definition of "xanthic" []

• Of a yellowish colour. (adjective)

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• "As in scarily blonde, yellow, xanthic hair, Rapunzel-gold and terrifying."
• "On this day, it was ornamental designs engraved on tombstones, xanthic blooms of Magnolia trees, the flight of birds observed from the car, and now nests under a bridge."
• "'fixing' -- i.e. decomposing the xanthic residue -- consists in a short exposure to the boiling saline solution."