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xylogenous

xylogenous adjective: living or growing on wood.

Adjective

xylogenous (not comparable)

  1. Living or growing on wood.
    • Several of the xylogenous species appear to be of the same nature. The phyllogenous forms seem to be of a different character, but we are not concerned with them here.1898, Bulletin, number 9, page 732
    • It occurs in nearly all maculicole fungi, and is exhibited by certain xylogenous fungi, such as Hysterographium.1901, Contributions from the Botanical Survey of Nebraska, University of Nebraska

Origin of xylogenous

From xylo- + -genous.

Questions about xylogenous

What does xylogenous mean?
Xylogenous means living or growing on wood.
What part of speech is xylogenous?
Xylogenous is an adjective.

Words near xylogenous in the dictionary

  1. xylogalacturonases
  2. xylogen
  3. xylogenesis
  4. xylogenetic
  5. xylogenic
  6. xylogenous
  7. xyloglucan
  8. xyloglucanase
  9. xyloglucanases
  10. xyloglucans
  11. xyloglucoside

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