xylanthrax

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Wood coal or charcoal, distinguished from mineral coal; lignite.

Word forms

xylanthrax

Etymology

Pseudo-loan from Ancient Greek, derived from ξυλο- (xulo-, “wooden”) + ἄνθραξ (ánthrax, “coal”).

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