-xylon

noun combining form

-x·​y·​lon

ksəˌlän

1

: one having (such) wood—in generic names

Haematoxylon

2

: one living in (such) a relation to wood

Hypoxylon

3

: wood

laurinoxylon

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek xylon

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