xenoblast in the xenium
xenoblast (plural xenoblasts)
A xenium is a gift or offering given to a stranger, which in its native ancient Greece would once have been a lavish feast or a refreshing spread of food and fruit. In the 19th century art world, however, xenium came to refer to a still-life painting depicting something like an extravagant display of food or a bowl of fruit.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/70959/words-that-start-with-x
- A crystal forming in a metamorphic rock that has not developed its characteristic crystalline faces and which gets its shape from bordering crystals.
A xenium is a gift or offering given to a stranger, which in its native ancient Greece would once have been a lavish feast or a refreshing spread of food and fruit. In the 19th century art world, however, xenium came to refer to a still-life painting depicting something like an extravagant display of food or a bowl of fruit.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/70959/words-that-start-with-x
