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Xylosma

noun
Xy·los·ma | \zīˈläzmə\

Definition of Xylosma 

: a genus of American and Asiatic usually evergreen trees and shrubs (family Flacourtiaceae) with axillary thorns and fine-textured woods

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History and Etymology for Xylosma

New Latin, from xyl- + -osma

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