flavo-
(ˈfleɪvəʊ)
used as comb. form of L. flāv-us yellow, indicating the presence of a yellow tint.
1. Bot. and Entom. (Prefixed to other adjs.)
| 1816 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. (1828) II. xix. 125 note, The abdomen is covered with longish flavo-pallid hairs. 1847 J. Hardy in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. No. 5. 257 Legs dilute-flavo-testaceous. 1871 W. A. Leighton Lichen-Flora 38 Thallus..yellow or flavo-virescent. |
2. Chem. Used in the names of various compounds; as flavo-cobalt (whence flavo-cobaltic), flavo-phenin, flavo-purpurin.
| 1879 Watts Dict. Chem. 3rd Suppl. i. 111 Flavopurpurin is easily soluble in alcohol, and crystallises therefrom in golden-yellow needles. Ibid. 544 The so-called flavocobalt. 1889 Roscoe & Schorlemmer Chem. II. ii. 139 The Flavo-cobaltic Salts may be considered as roseo-cobalt compounds in which two-thirds of the acid radical is replaced by nitroxyl. |