Xăn’tho-rhē’ia, n.

(zăn’tho-rē’ă), n. [Gr. ξανθός, yellow, and ῥεῖν, to flow.] (Bot.) A genus of plants found in Australia, having numerous long, linear leaves, very closely set, and exuding from the stem a reddish-yellow, inodorous resin, which is sometimes employed in Australia as a remedy for diseases of the chest, and, by the natives, to form a sort of mastic or cement with which they caulk their boats and fasten their weapons. Baird.