Usually means: Yellowish; relating to yellow color.
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  1. xanthous: Merriam-Webster
  2. xanthous: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. xanthous: Collins English Dictionary
  4. xanthous: Wordnik
  5. xanthous: Wiktionary
  6. xanthous: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. xanthous: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. xanthous: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. xanthous: Dictionary.com
  10. xanthous: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. Xanthous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. xanthous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. xanthous: Rhymezone
  14. xanthous: Grandiloquent Dictionary
  15. Xanthous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. xanthous: FreeDictionary.org
  17. xanthous: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  18. xanthous: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. xanthous: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. xanthous: Vocabulary.com

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  1. xanthous: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Xanthous: MedFriendly Glossary
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  1. xanthous: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (xanthous)

▸ adjective:  Yellow-brown; yolk-colored.
▸ adjective:  (archaic, ethnology) Pertaining to people with yellowish, red, auburn, or brown hair.

Similar:
xanthochromic, xanthogenic, xanthochromatic, xanchromatic, ochrous, xanthochromistic, luteolous, bronze yellow, ochraceous, ochre, more...

Opposite:
non-xanthous, not yellow, not golden

Types:
lemon, golden, canary, blond, strawberry, auburn, ginger, chestnut, more...
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Similar:
xanthochromic, xanthogenic, xanthochromatic, xanchromatic, ochrous, xanthochromistic, luteolous, bronze yellow, ochraceous, ochre, more...

Opposite:
non-xanthous, not yellow, not golden

Types:
lemon, golden, canary, blond, strawberry, auburn, ginger, chestnut, more...



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