Associations to the word «Xenia»

Wiktionary

XENIA, noun. (classical studies) The concept of hospitality to strangers.
XENIA, noun. (botany) The effect that genes from pollen have on the endosperm.
XENIA, noun. Plural of xenium
XENIA, proper noun. A female given name of mainly historical use in English.
XENIA, proper noun. A village in Illinois.
XENIA, proper noun. An unincorporated community in Kansas.
XENIA, proper noun. A city in Ohio.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats