xenia |
| noun
- The concept of hospitality to strangers from Homeric Greece.
- (botany) The effect that genes from pollen have on the endosperm.
| | xerophyte |
| noun - (botany): Any plant suited for life in a habitat where water is scarce, such as in a desert or chaparral. Such plants may be succulent, have small or reduced leaves, or spines.
- A desert plant
| xylem |
| noun - (botany) A vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of water and minerals taken up by the roots; also the primary component of wood.
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