Vest-Pocket Vocabulary
Xylog’raphy, n. engraving on wood.
Word in the Wild: The park ranger says carving your initials in trees isn’t xylography—it’s just vandalism.

The etymology of this word is from the Greek xylo, meaning wood, and graphy, meaning writing. If you think xylography sounds a little like xylophone, you’d be right. Xylophone = wood + sound.
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