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xylogen

xylogen noun: nascent wood; wood cells in a forming state.

Noun

xylogen (uncountable)

  1. Nascent wood; wood cells in a forming state.
    • Xylogen is found in the primary cell-wall, and in the thickening layers of all woody cells.1858, Grover Coe, Concentrated organic medicines, page 43

Origin of xylogen

From xylo- + -gen.

Questions about xylogen

What does xylogen mean?
Xylogen means nascent wood; wood cells in a forming state.
What part of speech is xylogen?
Xylogen is a noun.

Words near xylogen in the dictionary

  1. xylogalactans
  2. xylogalacturonan
  3. xylogalacturonans
  4. xylogalacturonase
  5. xylogalacturonases
  6. xylogen
  7. xylogenesis
  8. xylogenetic
  9. xylogenic
  10. xylogenous
  11. xyloglucan

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