xyloid

  • 11xyloid — ˈzīˌlȯid adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary xyl + oid : resembling wood : having the qualities or nature of wood : woody, ligneous * * * /zuy loyd/, adj. resembling wood; ligneous. [1850 55; < Gk xýl(on …

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  • 12xyloid jasper — noun a petrified wood, consisting mostly of jasper …

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  • 13Xyloid Coal —   Brown coal or lignite mostly derived from wood.   California Energy Comission. Dictionary of Energy Terms …

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  • 14Lignite — For other uses, see Lignite (disambiguation). Lignite …

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  • 15Fossil wood — petrified softwood Fossil wood is wood that is preserved in the fossil record. Over time the wood will usually be the part of a plant that is best preserved (and most easily found). Fossil wood may or may not be petrified. The study of fossil… …

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  • 16Целлулоид — искусственный материал, служащий для имитации рога, черепахи, слоновой кости и с успехом заменяющий твердый каучук (эбонит), китовый ус и пр. По своему химическому составу Ц. представляет смесь коллодионной нитроклетчатки с камфарой. Он тверд,… …

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  • 17vegetable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Any plant Nouns 1. vegetable kingdom, vegetation, vegetable life; plants, flora, verdure; growth, biome; weed. 2. vegetable, fungus, legume, fruit, nut, seed (see food). 3. tree; acacia, alder, almond,… …

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  • 18wooden — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. wood[y], ligneous, xyloid; oaken, mahogany, ash, pine, teak, walnut, etc.; frame, clapboard, shingle[d]; stiff, rigid, in flexible; expressionless, lifeless, unimaginative. See materials,… …

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  • 19woody — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. woodlike, pithy, Xyloid, ligneous, wooden, wooded …

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  • 20wooden — adj 1. wood, woody; ligneous, ligni form, xyloid. 2. stiff, Inf. stiff as a board, rigid; stolid, stodgy, stuffy; awkward, clumsy, ungainly, gauche. 3. dull, dull witted, thick witted, dim witted, slow witted, dim; obtuse, dense, Inf. thick;… …

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