Etymology

manoxylic

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Today it means: Sparse, with much pith and cortex, and having wide parenchymatous rays. Full definition →

Ancient Greek μανός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμανός“sparse”
  2. English todaymanoxylic

From Ancient Greek μανός (manós, “sparse”) + xylic, equivalent to mano- + xylic.

Words from the same roots

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