Chem. [f. XYL-IC + -ATE4.] A salt of xylic acid.

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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.

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