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xyloid

[zahy-loid]

adjective

resembling wood; ligneous.

Origin:
1850–55; < Greek xýl(on) wood + -oid

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xyloid (ˈzaɪlɔɪd)

—*adj*
	botany of, relating to, or resembling wood; woody

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