Of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk [syn: yellow, yellowish, xanthous]
Xanthous \Xan"thous\, a. [Gr. xanqo`s yellow.]
Yellow; specifically (Ethnol.), of or pertaining to those
races of man which have yellowish, red, auburn, or brown
hair.
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