Chem. [f. XYL-IC + -ATE4.] A salt of xylic acid.
1873. Watts, Fownes Chem. (ed. 11), 818. Ibid. (1879), Dict. Chem., VI. 1130. Calcium salts, which may be separated by their different solubility in water, the xylate being more soluble than the paraxylate.