Xylans is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.
You can make 55 anagrams from letters in xylans (alnsxy).
1890-95; Greek xýl(on) wood + -an, variant of -ane
The pentosans, araban and xylan, occur normally in the stems and outer seed coats of many common plants.