xenian.
/ˈziːnɪə/, /ˈzɛnɪə/, U.S. /ˈziniə/ Botany.
A supposed direct action or influence of foreign pollen upon the seed or fruit which is pollinated.
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1899 Nat. Sci. May 393 Xenia.., the direct action of the male element on the mother-plant, is an extremely hypothetical theory.
1901 Nature 12 Dec. 126/2 Xenia is the name given to the results of the crossing of the plant by a foreign pollen, exhibited in some peculiarity which appears in the seed itself.
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