| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| xylem | noun | That portion of a fibrovascular bundle which has developed, or will develop, into wood cells; — distinguished from phloem. |
| xylic | adjective | Pertaining to, derived from, or related to, xylene; specifically, designating any one of several metameric acids produced by the partial oxidation of mesitylene and pseudo-cumene. |
| xylo- | A combining form from Gr. xy`lon wood; as in xylogen, xylograph. | |
| xylol | noun | Same as Xylene. |
| xylyl | noun | Any one of three metameric radicals which are characteristic respectively of the three xylenes. |
| xyris | noun | A genus of endogenous herbs with grassy leaves and small yellow flowers in short, scaly-bracted spikes; yellow-eyed grass. There are about seventeen species in the Atlantic United States. |