‖ xanthorrhœa
(zænθəʊˈriːə)
[mod.L., f. Gr. ξανθός yellow + ῥοία flowing, flow.]
1. Bot. (With capital initial.) A genus of Australian liliaceous plants, some species of which (called grass-trees or grass gum-trees) yield a yellow resin.
| 1868 Watts Dict. Chem. V. 1054 Xanthorrhœa resin. |
2. Path. A morbid affection resembling leucorrhœa (see quot.).
| 1891 Lancet 7 Nov. 1037/1 There is..more or less leucorrhœa, or xanthorrhœa, as it should rather be called, because the discharge is yellow, not white. |