varicose 



vegetative 



varicose (raricosus, full of dilated 

 veins), abnormally enlarged in 

 places, used of filamentous organs. 



var'iegated, variega'tus (Lat., party 

 coloured), irregularly coloured in 

 patches, blotched. 



Vari'ety, Var'ietas (Lat., difference), 

 a sort or modification subordinate 

 to species ; ~ Hy'brid, so called, a 

 cross between varieties of the same 

 species. 



variifol'ius (varius, variegated), 

 possessing leaves of different forms. 



Vari'ola (Mod. Lat., the pustule of 

 small-pox), a pustular shield occur- 

 ring on the thallus of the Lichen 

 genus Variolaria ; var'iolate, vario- 

 la 1 'tus, variola'ris (Mod. Lat.), 

 marked as though pitted. 



var'ius (Lat., variegated), liable to 

 change or modification. 



Var'nish = BLASTOCOLLA ; var'nished = 

 VERNICOSE (Crozier). 



Vas, pi. Va'sa (Lat.), vessels, ducts. 

 [Lindley (Glossary, p. 98) gives nine- 

 teen names for modifications of 

 these.] Va'sa exhalan'tia = stom- 

 ates ; ~pro'pria, sieve-tubes or thin- 

 walled tubular cells of the phloem. 



vas'cular, vascular' is (vasculum, a 

 small vessel), relating to or fur- 

 nished with vessels ;~ Bun' die, a 

 strand of specialized tissue ; ~ 

 Bun'dle-sheath, the enveloping 

 cylinder of closely united paren- 

 chyma ; ~ Cyl'inder, the central cord 

 of vascular tissue ; ~ Plants, Vascu- 

 la'res, those which possess vessels, 

 as Phanerogams and Filicales ; 

 ~ Sys'tem, the interior parts in 

 which the vessels occur ; ~ Tls'sue, 

 consists chiefly of vessels, in contra- 

 distinction to cellular tissue ; 

 vasculif'erous (fe.ro, I bear), pro- 

 ducing vessels ; vas'culose, vas- 

 culo'sus, vascular ; Vasc'ulose, a 

 component of the vegetable skele- 

 ton of the cellulose group ; 

 Vas'culum (1) = ASCIDIUM ; (2) 

 a collecting-box for botanic speci- 

 mens. 



vase-shaped, "shaped like a flower- 

 pot " (Lindley). 



Vasiduc'tus (vas, rasiy, a vessel, 

 ductus, led) = RAPHE ; va'siform, 

 vasiform'ia (forma, shape), in the 

 shape of a vessel or duct ; ~ El'e- 

 ments, ~ Tis'sue, ducts or tubes 

 with spiral markings ; <~ Wood- 

 cell = TRACHEID ; vasula'ris, 

 vase-shaped. 



Vaucher'ia-gall, an hypertrophied 

 formation on Vaucheria, due to 

 some animal attack, as of Rotifers. 



vault'ed, fornicate. 



veg'etable (vegetabilis, animating), 

 belonging to or consisting of 

 plants ; [Veg'etable, in a restricted 

 sense is a kitchen garden plant, 

 anything cultivated for culinary 

 purposes] ; ~ Ac'ids, the most fre- 

 quent and abundant are cit'ric, 

 ma'lic, oxal'ic, and tartar'ic ; ~ 

 Al'bumen, a substance resembling 

 animal albumen. NOTE, not to be 

 confounded with the ALBUMEN of 

 seeds ; ~ Anat'omy, the structure of 

 plants ; ~ Ca'sein, the same as 

 LEGUMIN ; cf. PLANT-CASEIN ; ~ 

 Cell, see CELL ; ~ Fi'brin, 

 = GLUTEN ; ~ Glob'ulin, see 

 GLOBULIN ; ~ I'vory, the seed of 

 Phytelephas macrocarpa, Ruiz & 

 Pav. ; ~ Mu'cus, Mu'cilage, see 

 MUCILAGE ; ~ Nosol'ogy, the classi- 

 fication and diagnosis of plant- 

 diseases ; ~ Parch'ment, paper after 

 treatment with acids ; ~ Patno- 

 1'ogy, the science of the diseases of 

 plants, and remedial treatment ; ~ 

 Taxon'omy, the classification of 

 plants in systematic order ; ~ 

 Wax, a substance resembling animal 

 wax, occurring as BLOOM on the 

 surface, or in bulk in certain fruits ; 

 veg'etal, (1) having power to pro- 

 duce growth ; (2) an abbreviation 

 of " vegetable " ; veg'etate, to 

 sprout or grow as plants ; Vegeta'- 

 tion, (1) the process of plant- 

 growth ; (-2) plants in general ; 

 veg'etative, growing or causing to 

 grow ; ~ Apog'amy, = APOGAMY ; 

 ~ Cell, (1) the larger of the two 

 cells in a pollen granule, which 

 causes the growth of the pollen- 



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