xylogenous

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adjective

Living or growing on wood.

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Meanings

adjectivexylogenous (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyLiving or growing on wood.

    It occurs in nearly all maculicole fungi, and is exhibited by certain xylogenous fungi, such as Hysterographium.

    1901, Contributions from the Botanical Survey of Nebraska, University of Nebraska
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    Several of the xylogenous species appear to be of the same nature. The phyllogenous forms seem to be of a different character, but we are not concerned with them here.

    1898, Bulletin, number 9, page 732

Origin

From xylo- + -genous.

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