xyloidine (ziloidin)

scleriotoid body in certain fungi which produces sporogenous structures in its interior. Xylomelum (zi-lō-mēʼlum), n. [NL. (Smith, 1798), so called from the woody apple-like fruit; tree of New South Wales, is remarkable for its which is exactly like a common pear in size and shape, but attached by the broad end and composed of a hard woody substance difficult to cut; when ripe it splits lengthwise, discharging a flat winged seed. The tree grows from 20 to 40 feet high, 6 to 8 inches in diameter, producing a dark-reddish wood, used in cabinet-work.