xylanthrax
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ξυλάνθρακας (xulánthrakas).
Noun edit
xylanthrax (uncountable)
- (archaic) Wood coal or charcoal, distinguished from mineral coal; lignite.
- 1821, Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia: Volume 2, page 24:
- This clay formation, entirely unconnected with that of the Mississippi, and the lower part of the Arkansa, is of a blueish-grey, abounding in pyrites and xylanthrax, and is the active seat of those pseudo-volcanoes and their remains existing in the upper part of the Missouri territory.
- 1863, The journal of the British Archaeological Association: Volume 19, page 321:
- There are two beads of much interest: a small cylindrical one of chrysoprase, and a large one turned out of a piece of xylanthrax, similar to that met with at Bovy, Devonshire.