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Xanthoria aureola
Xanthoria aureola (Ach.) Erichsen, a foliose orange Teloschistaceae lichen on coastal basic siliceous rocks in Mediterranean-Atlantic Europe, molecularly distinct from X. parietina and X. calcicola; basionym Parmelia aureola Ach. 1810.
Xanthoria parietina
Xanthoria parietina, the common sunburst lichen or common orange lichen, is a pollution-tolerant foliose lichen (Teloschistaceae) with Trebouxia algae and the orange pigment parietin, widely used for air-quality biomonitoring.
Xanthos
Xanthos (Lycian Arñna, Latinized Xanthus) was the chief city of ancient Lycia in southwestern Anatolia, near Patara at modern Kınık in Turkey, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1988.
Xanthosoma
Xanthosoma (cocoyam, tannia, malanga, new cocoyam) is a genus of Araceae herbs native from Mexico to tropical America, first published 1832; X. sagittifolium is a starchy root crop distinguished from taro by non-peltate leaves.
Xanthosoma sagittifolium
Xanthosoma sagittifolium, known as cocoyam, tannia, yautia, or malanga, is a tuberous herb of the arum family native to tropical America and widely grown across the tropics for its edible, starchy tuber.
Xanthus Flumen
Xanthus Flumen is a liquid-floored river channel on Titan draining into Puget Sinus, an arm of Ligeia Mare, at 83.47°N 242.76°W. Named for the Iliad river in 2015, Cassini T91 altimetry measured widths of 2.8 and 7.3 km near its mouth.
Xapien
Xapien, originally Digital Insight Technologies, is a British-founded AI due diligence company founded in 2018 whose platform generates fully sourced reports on people and organizations in minutes.
Xaratanga Chasma
Xaratanga Chasma is a 1,300 km chasma (trough) on Venus at 54S, 70E, IAU-approved in 1997 and named for the Tarascan moon goddess of Mexico; mapped in quadrangle V-57.
Xardín Botánico de Lourizán
Xardín Botánico de Lourizán (Botanical Garden of Lourizán), a 52-hectare botanical garden and arboretum in Pontevedra, Galicia, founded 1949 within the Lourizán Forest Research Center, holding over 850 taxa and notable trees listed in the Catálogo Galego de Árbores Senlleiras.
Xargs
Xargs is a Unix command-line utility that reads items from standard input and runs a command with them as arguments, most often feeding file names from find into other commands.
Xaria Dotson
Xaria Dotson (born 1997, Portland, Oregon) is an American actress and artist known as Evie Grayson in The Birch, Tori Carucci in American Vandal season 2, and Jules Mathis in Netflix's Devil in Ohio; not the Austin comedian Xaria J'Stone Coleman.
Xariable, Inc.
Xariable, Inc. is a Delaware-incorporated software company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, best known as the legal entity behind the Loop Returns brand of ecommerce returns-management software.
Xasside
Xasside, also spelled khassaïde or qasida, is the Wolof term for the Islamic religious poems central to the liturgy of Senegal's Sufi orders, above all the Muridiyya.
Xav
Xav (Xavier James Trudeau) is a Canadian pop and R&B singer, eldest son of former PM Justin Trudeau. Debut single "Til The Nights Done" (2025), EP When Does It End?, and 2026 chart entry "Downtown"; distinct from xaviersobased.
Xavante
The Xavante, who call themselves A'uwe, are an Indigenous people of eastern Mato Grosso, Brazil, who separated from the related Xerente around 1820 and made permanent contact with the Brazilian state in 1946.
Xavante oral literature
Xavante oral literature is the body of myths, tales, dreams, songs, and oratory transmitted by speech among the Xavante people of Mato Grosso, Brazil, whose language belongs to the Jê family.
Xavi
Xavi (Xavier Hernández Creus, born 1980, Terrassa) is a Spanish midfielder and coach; Barcelona record 767 games, 25 titles, World Cup 2010, Euros 2008 and 2012; now Netherlands national coach.
Xavi (singer)
Xavi (Joshua Xavier Gutiérrez Alonso), Mexican-American corridos tumbados singer from Phoenix, Arizona; hit "La Diabla" topped Spotify's Global 200; albums NEXT (2024) and Dosis (2026) on Interscope.
Xavi Espart
Xavi Espart Font is a Spanish footballer who plays as a full back for FC Barcelona, making his first-team debut in the Champions League in March 2026.
Xavi Simons
Xavi Simons, Dutch attacking midfielder born 2003 in Amsterdam, La Masia graduate, ex-PSG, PSV, RB Leipzig, now Tottenham Hotspur and Netherlands; Euro 2024 scorer, recovering from ACL injury.
Xaviaer DuRousseau
Xaviaer DuRousseau (born 1997, Chicago) is an American conservative commentator and PragerU host of Respectfully, Xaviaer, a former BLM activist who shifted right in 2020 after watching PragerU videos while preparing for Netflix's The Circle.
Xavien Howard
Xavien Howard, American NFL cornerback (born 1993), Baylor, Dolphins 2016-2023 and Colts 2025; led NFL in interceptions 2018 and 2020, four Pro Bowls, 2020 first-team All-Pro, retired October 2025.
Xavier (album)
Xavier is the 2026 debut studio album by New York rapper xaviersobased (Xavier Lopez), released January 30, 2026 on 1-chance/Surf Gang/Atlantic; 20 tracks, 48 minutes, led by the single "iPhone 16" and scored 8.3 by Pitchfork.
Xavier Barachet
Xavier Barachet (born 1988, Nice) is a retired French handball right back; Olympic gold 2012, world champion 2009, 2011, 2015, European champion 2010; clubs Chambéry, Atlético Madrid, Saint-Raphaël, Paris-SG.
Xavier Barbier de Montault
Xavier Barbier de Montault (1830–1901) was a French Catholic priest, theologian, and archaeologist who studied Christian antiquity and Roman liturgy, founded the diocesan museum at Angers, and was called the "prince of Christian archaeology."
Xavier Becerra
Xavier Becerra, American politician and lawyer: former California attorney general (33rd, first Latino in the office), 12-term U.S. House member, Biden's HHS Secretary, and 2026 California gubernatorial general-election candidate against Steve Hilton.
Xavier Bertrand
Xavier Bertrand is a French politician of Les Républicains, born in 1965, who leads the Hauts-de-France region, heads Nous France, and is running for president in 2027.
Xavier Bettel
Xavier Bettel, Luxembourgish Democratic Party politician, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister since 2023, previously Luxembourg's Prime Minister 2013-2023 and mayor of Luxembourg City.
Xavier Bosch
Xavier Bosch is a Spanish physician-scientist in internal medicine at the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona and IDIBAPS, known for major reviews on rhabdomyolysis, cryoglobulinaemia, and haemophagocytic syndrome, and for cardio-oncology research.
Xavier Coates
Xavier Coates (born 2001, Port Moresby) is a PNG-born rugby league winger for the Melbourne Storm and Queensland Maroons; Broncos debut 2019, Dally M Winger of the Year 2025 with 20 tries, Kangaroos representative.