Definition of Xylindein

1. n. A green or blue pigment produced by Peziza in certain kinds of decayed wood, as the beech, oak, birch, etc., and extracted as an amorphous powder resembling indigo.

2. n. A green or blue pigment produced by Peziza in certain kinds of decayed wood, as the beech, oak, birch, etc., and extracted as an amorphous powder resembling indigo.

Definition of Xylindein

1. Noun. A quinone pigment, a dimeric naphthoquinone derivative, responsible for the characteristic bluish-green stain of wood infected by the ''Chlorociboria aeruginascens'' mushroom. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Xylindein

1. A green or blue pigment produced by Peziza in certain kinds of decayed wood, as the beech, oak, birch, etc, and extracted as an amorphous powder resembling indigo. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Xylindein

xylene
xylene cyanol FF
xylene monooxygenase
xylenes
xylenol
xylenol orange
xylenols
xylenyl
xyletic
xylic
xylidic
xylidin
xylidine
xylidines
xylidins
xylindein (current term)
xylite
xylites
xylitol
xylitol 5-phosphate dehydrogenase
xylitol dehydrogenase
xylitols
xylitone
xylitones
xylo
xylo-
xylo-marimba
xylobalsamum
xylobiose
xylobioses

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