# xenia

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #55,194

## Definitions
1. The concept of hospitality to strangers.
2. The effect that genes from pollen have on the endosperm.

## Etymology
From New Latin xenia, from Ancient Greek ξενίᾱ (xeníā, “hospitality”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/xenia