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xanthin
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xanthin, n. [Gr. xanqo`s yellow.].
- same as xanthine. [1913 Webster]
- A yellow insoluble coloring matter extracted from yellow flowers; specifically, the coloring matter of madder. [1913 Webster]
- One of the gaseous or volatile decomposition products of the xanthates, and probably identical with carbon disulphide. [1913 Webster]
xanthin, n. [Gr. xanqo`s yellow.].
A type of purine obtainable as a white microcrystalline powder, C5H4O2N4 , present in muscle tissue, in the liver, spleen, pancreas, and other organs, and also in urine (in small quantities) and some urinary calculi, and in the juices of certain plants; -- so called because it leaves a yellow residue when evaporated to dryness with nitric acid. It is also present in guano. Xanthine is closely related to uric acid. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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xanthin
Yellowness
N yellowness, yellow, or, gamboge, cadmium-yellow, chrome-yellow, Indian-yellow king's-yellow, lemonyellow, orpiment, yellow ocher, Claude tint, aureolin, xanthein, xanthin, zaofulvin, crocus, saffron, topaz, xanthite, yolk, jaundice, London fog, yellowness, icterus, xantho- cyanopia, xanthopsia, yellow, aureate, golden, flavous, citrine, fallow, fulvous, fulvid, sallow, luteous, tawny, creamy, sandy, xanthic, xanthous, jaundiced, auricomous, gold-colored, citron-colored, saffron-colored, lemon-colored, lemon yellow, sulphur-colored, amber-colored, straw-colored, primrose- colored, creamcolored, xanthocarpous, xanthochroid, xanthopous, yellow as a quince, yellow as a guinea, yellow as a crow's foot, warm, advancing.
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