xyleutes

[Gr.xyleuomai=to gather wood.] Entom.: A genus of Zeuzeride. Xyleutes co us is a modern name for the Goatmoth (q. v.), better known as Co us ligniperda. xy-li-a, s. [ Gr.xylon =wood.] Botany : A genus of Eumimoseæ, having se ile, sickle-shaped, compre ed, woody legumes, with partitions between the seeds. Xylia dolabriform is (= Mimosa xylocarp a of Roxburgh), the Ironwood tree of Peru and Arkan, a large deciduous tree growing in India and Burmah, yields a red resin, and oil is expre ed from its seeds. The wood is very durable; it has been used in India and Burmah for railway sleepers, piles and beams of bridges, telegraph-posts, the handles of agricultural implements, boat-building, . x-lic, adject. [Greek xylon =wood; suffix -ic.] Derived from wood. IMG:content-1075.png:[blocks in formation] Chem.: C9H8O4 = C6H3(CH3) (COOH)2. Obtained by oxidizing pseudo-cumene, xylic acid, and para xylic acid with dilute nitric acid. It forms colorle crystals, slightly soluble in water, and melts at 280° to 283.