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Xanthous

//ˈzæn.θəs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Yellow-brown; yolk-colored. not-comparable

    "Absorbent fatty xanthous histiocytes and xanthous granulations are observed in the marginal area of necrosis of the fatty tissue[…]"

  2. 2
    Pertaining to people with yellowish, red, auburn, or brown hair. archaic, not-comparable

    "The xanthous variety springs up out of every black-haired race."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk wordnet

Etymology

By surface analysis, xanth- + -ous.

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