xenia

Noun

xenia

1. (botany) The effect that genes from pollen have on the endosperm.

5 letters in word "xenia": A E I N X.

No anagrams for xenia found in this word list.

Words found within xenia:

ae ai ain aine an ane ani ax axe ea ean en ex in na nae ne nie nix nixe xi

• Definitions:
• The immediate effect of pollen on some characters of the endosperm.
• The immediate visual effect of pollen on the endosperm due to the phenomenon of double fertilisation in the seed plants.
• (xe·nia) (ze´ne-?) [Gr. “a friendly relation between two foreigners”] the appearance in the endosperm (seed) resulting from cross-pollination of dominant characters inherited from the male (pollen) plant.
• the sacred guest-host relationship and gifts presents as part of it; xenos = stranger/guest
• a situation in which the genotype of the pollen influences the developing embryo of the maternal tissue (endosperm) of the fruit to produce an observable effect on the seed bot
• (????? philoxenía), means hospitality in modern Greek, was an extremely important practice in ancient Greece. It was an almost ritualized friendship formed between a host and their guest, who could previously be strangers. ...
• Xenia (also Xeniya, Ksenia, Kseniya, or Xena; derived from Greek ????? [xenia] - "hospitality".) is a female name used mainly in Russia and Greece. ...
• Xenia is a genus of soft marine coral resembling a mushroom, with "arms" coming out from the top that end in many-fingered "hands". It is unique among corals because of its ability to "pulse" or push water away from the colony with a constant motion. ...
• Xenia (Greek ?????, xenía) is the Greek concept of hospitality and guest-host relations. It is often translated "guest-friendship" (or "ritualized friendship") because the rituals of hospitality created and expressed a reciprocal relationship between guest and host (see further xenos ...
• The Xenia was an American cyclecar designed by P. E. Hawkins and manufactured in 1914. The automobile was built with the odd combination of an epicyclic gearbox and belt final drive; it was powered by an 1164 cc vee-twin Deluxe engine.

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• xebecs ←
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• xenia
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