Xēn'o-tīme, n.

noun

(zēn'o-tīm), n. [Ger. xenotim, from Gr. ξενότιμος, honoring guests or strangers, from ξένος, a guest, a stranger, and τιμή, honor, τιμᾶν, to honor.] A native phosphate of yttria, having a yellowish-brown color. Dana.