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-xene
noun combining form
-x·ene
\kˌsēn\
Definition of -xene
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1 : substance rarely associated with (such) a mineral anthracoxene
2 : intrusive mineral of (such) a character leucoxene cacoxene
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Origin and Etymology of -xene
French -xène, from Greek -xenos stranger, from xenos
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