xanthosia

[XANTHOSIS.] Palæont.: A genus of Mala cost raca. Two species are known from the Upper Greensand of England. xăn-tho-si-dër-ite, s. [Pref. xantho- , and Eng. siderite ( Min .).] Mineralogy : IMG:content-1070.png:[blocks in formation] make warking-sticks, and the twigs as toothbrushes. The seeds of X. budrunga are as fragrant as lemon-peel; X. clava and X. fraxineum [TOOTHACHE-TREE], applied externally to the gums or taken internally, are powerful sudorifics and diaphoretics used in toothache, paralysis of the muscles of the mouth, and rheumatism. The root of X. nitidum is sudorific, emmenagogue, .; Х. caribœum is a febrifuge: X. piperitum and X. avicennæ are regarded in China and Japan as antidotes to poison. The powdered bark of X. hiemale is given in Brazil in earache; and the capsules and seeds of X. hastile are employed in Northern India to intoxicate fish. The wood of X. hiemale is very hard and suitable for building. xăn-thy-dric, adj . [Pref. xanth- , and Eng. hydric.] Yellow in color, and having water in its composition. xanthydric-acid, s. [PERSULPHOCYANIC-ACID.] xê-běc, s. [Sp. xabeque; Port. zabeco; French xen-ô-derm-ich-thys, subst. [Pref.xeno-; Gr. derma skin, and ichthys =a fish.] Ichthy.: A genus placed in the family Alepocephalidæ, allied to Alepocephalus (q. v.), the only species known before the voyage of the Challenger . It is a deep-sea fish, found at about 345 fathoms, and having fine nodules instead of scales. ( Günther .) xen-ô-đô-che-ŭm, xen-o-do-chi-ŭm, subst . [Gr. xenodocheion, from xenos = a stranger, and dechomai to receive.] Gr. Antiq .: A name given to a building for the reception of strangers; also applied to a guest-house in a monastery. *xen-od-o-chy, s . [XENODOCHEUM.] 1. Reception of strangers; hospitality. 2. The same as XENODOCHEUM (q. v.). xen-o-gen-ě-sis, s. [Pref. xeno- , and Gr.genesis = origin, source.] Biol.: A term introduced by M. Milne Edwards to designate that form of biogenesis in which the liv shabák; Ital. zambecco.] Naut .: A small three-masted ve el with lateen sails, used for coasting voyages in the Mediterranean and on the ocean-coasts of Spain and Portugal. Xebec. It differs from the felucca in having square sails as well as lateen sails, the felucca having only lateen sails.