a. [ L. acanthinus, Gr. &unr_;, thorny, fr. &unr_;. See Acanthus. ] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant acanthus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to amaranth. “Amaranthine bowers.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Unfading, as the poetic amaranth; undying. [ 1913 Webster ]

They only amaranthine flower on earth
Is virtue. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of a purplish color. Buchanan. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Amianthus + -form. ] Resembling amianthus in form. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'an priv. + &unr_; thorny, fr. &unr_; thorn. ] (Zool.) A group of teleostean fishes destitute of spiny fin-rays, as the cod. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; + &unr_; flower. ] (Bot.) Same as Anthodium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. chalcanthum a solution of blue vitriol, Gr. &unr_;. ] (Min.) Native blue vitriol. See Blue vitriol, under Blue. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; bed + &unr_; flower. ] (Bot.) The receptacle of the flowers in a composite plant; -- also called clinium. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of plants of the buttercup family including the winter aconite, Eranthis hyemalis.
Syn. -- genus Eranthis. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

pos>a. (Chem.) Having a yellow color; pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, euxanthin. [ 1913 Webster ]

Euxanthic acid (Chem.), a yellow, crystalline, organic acid, extracted from euxanthin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. e'y^ well + &unr_; yellow. ] (Chem.) A yellow pigment imported from India and China. It has a strong odor, and is said to be obtained from the urine of herbivorous animals when fed on the mango. It consists if a magnesium salt of euxanthic acid. Called also puri, purree, and Indian yellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. fr. L. helianthes, or NL. helianthus, sunflower, in allusion to its color. ] (Chem.) An artificial, orange dyestuff, analogous to tropaolin, and like it used as an indicator in alkalimetry; -- called also methyl orange. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hydro-, 2 + xanthic. ] (Chem.) Persulphocyanic. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. L. Hypanthia E. Hypanthiums [ NL., fr. Gr. "ypo beneath + 'a`nqos flower.] (Bot.) A fruit consisting in large part of a receptacle, enlarged below the calyx, as in the Calycanthus, the rose hip, and the pear. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Pref. hypo- + xanthin. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, closely related to xanthin and uric acid, widely distributed through the animal body, but especially in muscle tissue; -- called also sarcin, sarkin. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. L. Ianthinæ E. Ianthinas [ NL., fr. L. ianthinus violet-blue, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; violet + &unr_; flower. ] (Zool.) Any gastropod of the genus Ianthina, of which various species are found living in mid ocean; -- called also purple shell, and violet snail. [ Written also janthina. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It floats at the surface by means of a raft, which it constructs by forming and uniting together air bubbles of hardened mucus. The Tyrian purple of the ancients was obtained in part from mollusks of this genus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ilex the genus including the holly + Gr. &unr_; yellow. ] (Chem.) A yellow dye obtained from the leaves of the holly. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Zool.) See Ianthina. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A natural family of short-headed marine fishes which are often brightly colored.
Syn. -- family Malacanthidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; the first shoot of the vine, the vine blossom, the vine; o'i`nh the vine + &unr_; bloom, 'a`nqos flower. ] (Chem.) Having, or imparting, the odor characteristic of the bouquet of wine; specifically used, formerly, to designate an acid (oenanthic acid) whose ethereal salts were supposed to occasion the peculiar bouquet, or aroma, of old wine. Cf. oenanthylic. [ 1913 Webster ]

oenanthic acid,
oenanthic acid (Chem.), an acid (C6H13.CO.OH) obtained from œnanthic ether by the action of alkalies; called also n-heptanoic acid, 1-heptanecarboxylic acid, enanthic acid, enanthylic acid and oenanthylic acid. It has the odor of sour sweat. It has the CAS registry number 111-14-8. --
oenanthic ether, an ethereal substance (not to be confused with the bouquet, or aroma, of wine) found in wine lees, and consisting of a complex mixture of the ethereal salts of several of the higher acids of the acetic acid series. It has an ethereal odor, and it used in flavoring artificial wines and liquors. Called also oil of wine. See Essential oil, under Essential. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ Pref. Para- + xanthin. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A crystalline substance closely related to xanthin, present in small quantity in urine. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] (Bot.) The perianth. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Gr. fy^kos seaweed + &unr_; yellow. ] A yellowish coloring matter found in certain algae. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Phyllo- + Gr. xanqo`s yellow. ] (Bot.) A yellow coloring matter extracted from chlorophyll. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pyro- + Gr. &unr_; yellow. ] (Chem.) A yellow crystalline hydrocardon extracted from crude wood spirit; -- called also eblanin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Rhadamanthus; rigorously just; as, a Rhadamanthine judgment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 1st uro- + xanthin. ] (Physiol. Chem.) Same as Indican. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Xanthus, an ancient town on Asia Minor; -- applied especially to certain marbles found near that place, and now in the British Museum. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. xanqo`s yellow: cf. F. xanthique. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Tending toward a yellow color, or to one of those colors, green being excepted, in which yellow is a constituent, as scarlet, orange, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) (a) Possessing, imparting, or producing a yellow color; as, xanthic acid. (b) Of or pertaining to xanthic acid, or its compounds; xanthogenic. (c) Of or pertaining to xanthin. [ 1913 Webster ]

Xanthic acid (Chem.), a heavy, astringent, colorless oil, C2H5O.CS.SH, having a pungent odor. It is produced by leading carbon disulphide into a hot alcoholic solution of potassium hydroxide. So called from the yellow color of many of its salts. Called also xanthogenic acid. --
Xanthic colors (Bot.), those colors (of flowers) having some tinge of yellow; -- opposed to cyanic colors. See under Cyanic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Xantho-. ] (Chem.) A compound or derivative of xanthogen. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Xanthidia [ NL., fr. Gr. xanqo`s yellow. ] (Bot.) A genus of minute unicellular algae of the desmids. These algae have a rounded shape and are armed with glochidiate or branched aculei. Several species occur in ditches, and others are found fossil in flint or hornstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. xanqo`s yellow. ] 1. same as xanthine. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) A yellow insoluble coloring matter extracted from yellow flowers; specifically, the coloring matter of madder. [ Formerly written also xanthein. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Chem.) One of the gaseous or volatile decomposition products of the xanthates, and probably identical with carbon disulphide. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n. Also }. [ Gr. xanqo`s yellow. ] (Physiol. Chem.) 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. ]

n. [ Gr. xanqo`s yellow + quinine. ] (Chem.) A complex nitrogenous substance related to urea and uric acid, produced as a white powder; -- so called because it forms yellow salts, and because its solution forms a blue fluorescence like quinine. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. xa`nqion a plant used for dyeing the hair yellow, said to be the Xanthium strumarium, from xanqo`s yellow. ] (Bot.) A genus of composite plants in which the scales of the involucre are united so as to form a kind of bur; cocklebur; clotbur. [ 1913 Webster ]