genus Xanthium
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~ coarse herbs having small heads of greenish flowers followed by burrs with hooked bristles
genus Xanthomonas
— Noun
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~ a genus of bacteria similar to Pseudomonas but producing a yellow pigment that is not soluble in water
genus Xanthorroea
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~ grass trees; sometimes placed in family Xanthorrhoeaceae
genus Xanthosoma
— Noun
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~ tropical American tuberous perennials
genus Xenicus
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~ type genus for the Xenicidae
genus Xenopus
— Noun
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~ an African clawed frog; in some classifications made the type genus of a separate family Xenopodidae
genus Xenorhyncus
— Noun
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~ East Indian and Australian storks
genus Xenosaurus
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~ type and sole genus of Xenosauridae: slender-bodied Mexican lizards having the upper surface covered with tiny granules and tubercles
genus Xeranthemum
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~ genus of annual densely hairy herbs of Mediterranean to southwestern Asia
genus Xerobates
— Noun
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~ possible new genus for desert and Texas tortoises based on recent research
genus Xerophyllum
— Noun
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~ small genus of North American herbs having grasslike basal leaves: squaw grass; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
Gregory XII
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~ the Italian pope from 1406 to 1415 who worked to end the Great Schism and who retired to make it possible (1327-1417)
Gregory XIII
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~ the pope who sponsored the introduction of the modern calendar (1572-1585)
genus Xiphias
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~ type genus of the Xiphiidae
Gregory XVI
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~ Italian pope from 1831 to 1846; conservative in politics and theology; worked to propagate Catholicism in England and the United States (1765-1846)
genus Xylaria
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~ type genus of Xylariaceae; fungi with perithecia in the upper part of erect black woody stromata