xenia
English
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek ξενία (xenía, “hospitality”)
Noun
xenia (uncountable)
- (classical studies) The concept of hospitality to strangers.
- (botany) The effect that genes from pollen have on the endosperm.
Derived terms
Latin
References
- xenia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- xenia in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- xenia in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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