xylogenous
English
Etymology
xylo- + -genous
Adjective
xylogenous (not comparable)
- (biology) Living or growing on wood.
- 1898, Bulletin (issue 9, page 732)
- 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.
- 1901, University of Nebraska, Contributions from the Botanical Survey of Nebraska
- It occurs in nearly all maculicole fungi, and is exhibited by certain xylogenous fungi, such as Hysterographium.
- 1898, Bulletin (issue 9, page 732)