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A green or blue pigment produced by Peziza in certain kinds of decayed wood, as the beech, oak, birch, etc., and extracted as an amorphous powder resembling indigo.
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A liquid hydrocarbon found in crude wood spirits.
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A yellow oil having a geraniumlike odor, produced as a side product in making phorone; -- called also xylite oil.
A combining form from Gr. xy`lon wood; as in xylogen, xylograph.
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The dried twigs of a Syrian tree (Balsamodendron Gileadense).
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Bearing fruit which becomes hard or woody.
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A genus of hymenopterous insects including the carpenter. See Carpenter bee, under Carpenter.
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Nascent wood; wood cells in a forming state.
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An engraving on wood, or the impression from such an engraving; a print by xylography.
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One who practices xylography.
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Of or pertaining to xylography, or wood engraving.
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The art of engraving on wood.
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The art of making prints from the natural grain of wood.
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A method pf printing in colors upon wood for purposes of house decoration.
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Resembling wood; having the nature of wood.
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A substance resembling pyroxylin, obtained by the action of nitric acid on starch; -- called also nitramidin.
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