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Root Meaning in English Origin language Etymology (root origin) English examples xanth- yellow Greek (), () "yellowness" axanthism, heteroxanthine, xanthan, xanthelasma, xanthic, xanthine, Xanthippe, xanthium, xanthochromia, xanthochromism, xanthogenic, Xanthoidea, xanthoma, xanthomatosis, xanthophobia, xanthophore, xanthophyll, xanthopsia, xanthopterin, xanthosis, xanthous xe- scrape, shave Greek (), (), () arthroxesis xei-, xi- ks Greek , ξεῖ/ξῖ xi xen- foreign Greek , (), , () axenic, Xenarthra, xenia, xenic, xenobiotic, xenoblast, xenogamy, xenograft, xenolith, xenology, xenon, xenophobia xer- dry Greek (), () elixir, xerasia, xerochilia, xeroderma, xerography, xeromorph, xerophagy, xerophile, xerophthalmia, xerophyte, xerosis xiph- sword Greek () xiphisternum, xiphoid, xiphopagus, xiphophyllous xyl- wood Greek () metaxylem, protoxylem, xylem, xylene, xylitol, xylocarp, Xylocarpus, xyloid, xylophagous, xylophobia, xylophone, xylostroma References