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xer-, xero Greek dry<br />

xerampelinus reddish-brown.<br />

xeranthemoides resembling “Everlasting” Flower, Xeranthemum.<br />

Xeranthemum dry flower, from Greek ξηρός, xeros, dry, and ἄνθος, anthos, flower, for the dry, imperishable<br />

flowers. (Compositae)<br />

xeranthemus bearing flowers which have a dried, strawlike appearance.<br />

xerocarpus dry-fruited<br />

xerocephalus dry-headed, from and Greek κεφαλή, kephale, head.<br />

Xerochrysum from Greek xeros, dry, and chrysos, gold, perhaps referring to phyllaries<br />

xerochrysos resembling yellow paper(?).<br />

xerographicus dried writing<br />

xerophilus dry-loving plants which grow in dry situations.<br />

Xerophyllum, xerophyllus -a -um having dry leaves, or apparently so, from Greek xeros, dry, and phyllon,<br />

leaf, referring to the sclerified foliage.<br />

xerophytes drought-loving, a plant which can subsist <strong>with</strong> little moisturs as a desert plant.<br />

xes-, xesi, xesm Greek polish, scrape; scrapings, from Greek ξεσουργία, xesourgia, from ξεστός, xestos, vbl.<br />

adj. from ξεῖν, xein, to polish<br />

xest-, xesto Greek polished<br />

xestophyllus <strong>with</strong> smooth leaves.<br />

xestripetalus having hatched-shaped petals(?).<br />

xifia corn-flag<br />

xiph, xiph-, xiphi, xipho, xiphus, -xiphus Greek a sword, referring to a sword<br />

xiphacanthus as sharp as a sword, from xiphos, a sword, from Greek and ακανθος, akanthos, spiny, thorny.<br />

xiphius, xiphium Gladiola-like, sword, from Greek ξιφιον, xiphion, Greek name for a plant thought to be<br />

Gladiolus segetum or Gladiolus communis, and -οειδες, -oeides, like, resemble. Iris xiphium.<br />

xiphium = xiphion; [also see xifia] corn-flag<br />

xiphoides xiphio'ides (zif-ee-OH-i-dees) sword-shaped, Gladiola-like.<br />

xipholepis <strong>with</strong> sword-shaped scales, from and Greek λεπίς, λεπιδο-, lepis, lepido-, scale.<br />

xiphophorus protected by a sword.<br />

xiphophyllus having sword-like leaves, as Iris.<br />

xiphopterus <strong>with</strong> sword-like wings.<br />

xoan, xoano Greek a carved image<br />

xuth-, xutho Greek yellowish, tawny<br />

xutus pouring out.<br />

xyel, xyela, -xyela, xyelo Greek a wood-cutting tool<br />

xyl-, zylo-, zylum, -zylum wood, from Greek ξυλον, xylon, wood; tree<br />

xylobium wood and mode of life, referring to the epiphytic habit of these orchids<br />

xylocanthus wood-spined, <strong>with</strong> woody spines.<br />

xylocarpus -a -um <strong>with</strong> hard, woody fruit. Sinojackia xylocarpa.<br />

xylocasia an inferior kind of casia<br />

xyloch-, xylocho, xylochus, -xylochus Greek a thicket<br />

xylocinnamomum cinnamon-wood<br />

Xylococcus Xylococ'cus (zy-lo-KOK-us)<br />

xylod- woody, from Greek xylon, ξυλον, wood; tree<br />

xilofiron comfrey<br />

xiloloton cinquefoil<br />

xylophilus wood loving, applied to fungi which grow on wood. (This is definition of xylophyllus in one<br />

source.)<br />

xylopo'dus -a -us xylopo'dus (zy-lo-PO-dus)<br />

Xylorhiza, xylorrhizus -a -um Xylorhi'za (zy-lo-RY-za) <strong>with</strong> woody roots, from Greek xylon, ξυλον, wood; tree,<br />

-o-, botanical Latin connective vowel for words of Greek origin, and ῥίζα, rhiza, root; stem, origin. (ριζα, or ρριζα,<br />

or ῥιζα?). ῥ, the Greek aspirated 'r' is pronounced “rh” and generally translated into Latin as rh .<br />

xylostachyus, xylostachys bearing woody flower spikes.<br />

xylosteoides resembling Common Fly Honey-Suckle, Lonicera xylosteum.<br />

xylosteum<br />

xylostroma a felt-like growth of some fungus which destroys timber.

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