Xylosma

noun

Xy·​los·​ma

zīˈläzmə

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

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from xyl- + -osma

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