xenia

noun

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xe·nia | \ ˈzē-nē-ə

, -nyə

Definition of xenia

(Entry 1 of 2)

: the effect of genes introduced by pollen especially on endosperm and embryo development

Xenia

geographical name

Xe·nia | \ ˈzē-nyə

, -nē-ə \

Definition of Xenia (Entry 2 of 2)

city in southwest central Ohio east-southeast of Dayton population 25,719

Examples of xenia in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun More than 60 years after the first xenia opened, three times as many people visit Greece in a single day as in an entire year in the 1950s. — Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, "How the Greek Government's Minimalist Hotels Turned the Islands into a Tourist Hotspot," 2 June 2020

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