You'd think X would be a really tough one. It is, but after I looked in the dictionary, I came up with some interesting results:
I'll explain.
Xanthium is a common weed, basically a cockleburr. I painted from an image of the Canada Cockleburr - Xanthium strumarium var, canadense.
Xanthophyll is a yellow or brown carotenoid plant pigment which causes the autumn colors of leaves. Cool, huh?!
Xylography is the art of carving on wood.
And, of course, my very useful X-acto knife.
That little yellow leaf is one of several I picked up this morning on my morning walk in Lincoln Park with the dogs. There's this tree that gets the most spectacularly bright yellow in the fall. Here is a picture from a few years ago.
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