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Xyloidin
- - A substance resembling pyroxylin, obtained by the action of nitric acid on starch; -- called also nitramidin.
Xylology
- - The branch of dendrology treating of the gross and minute structure of wood.
Xylorcin
- - A derivative of xylene obtained as a white crystalline substance which on exposure in the air becomes red; -- called also betaorcin.
Xylosmas
- noun - shrub or small tree grown as an ornamental in mild climates for its neat evergreen foliage and fragrant late flowers; native of China
Xylotomy
- - Art of preparing sections (transverse, tangential, or radial) of wood, esp. by means of a microtome, for microscopic examination.
Xylotrya
- - A genus of marine bivalves closely allied to Teredo, and equally destructive to timber. One species (Xylotrya fimbriata) is very common on the Atlantic coast of the United States.
Xylylene
- - Any one of three metameric radicals, CH2.C6H4.CH2, derived respectively from the three xylenes. Often used adjectively; as, xylylene alcohol.