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heteroxylous

heteroxylous adjective: having wood of different types (typically heartwood and sapwood).

Adjective

heteroxylous (not comparable)

  1. Having wood of different types (typically heartwood and sapwood)

Origin of heteroxylous

From hetero- + xylous.

Questions about heteroxylous

What does heteroxylous mean?
Heteroxylous means having wood of different types (typically heartwood and sapwood).
What part of speech is heteroxylous?
Heteroxylous is an adjective.

Words near heteroxylous in the dictionary

  1. heteroxenic
  2. heteroxenous
  3. heteroxeny
  4. heteroxylan
  5. heteroxylans
  6. heteroxylous
  7. heterozeotrope
  8. heterozeotropes
  9. heterozerconid
  10. heterozerconids
  11. heterozetesis

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