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Xylitone
- - A yellow oil having a geraniumlike odor, produced as a side product in making phorone; -- called also xylite oil.
Xylocarp
- unknown - a fruit, such as a coconut, having a hard woody pericarp
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.