[mod. L., f. Gr. ξανθός yellow + ῥοία flowing, flow.]
1. Bot. 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.
