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Webster 1913 Edition


Xylogen

Xy′lo-gen

,
Noun.
[
Xylo-
+
-gen
.]
(a)
(Bot.)
Nascent wood; wood cells in a forming state.
(b)
Lignin.

Definition 2024


xylogen

xylogen

English

Noun

xylogen (uncountable)

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