Glossary 



VINA'CEOUS-RU'FOUS (vinaceo-mfus) . (Indian-red + light-red + white.) 



VI'NOUS (vinosus, <^vinum, wine), wine-colored; vinaceous. 



VIOLET, VIOLA'CEOUS, a purplish-blue color, like the petals of a violet. (Aniline- 

 violet or mauve.) 



VIRES'CENT (virescere, grow green, greenish), green or becoming green. 



VIR'GATE (virgatus, <^virga, a twig, rod), streaked; having an erect, slender shape 

 like a rod. 



VIRIDES'CENT (viridescens, ppr. of mridescere, be green, <^viridis, green), slightly 

 green ; greenish. 



VIS'CID (viscum, bird-lime, anything sticky), moist and sticky, glutinous, clammy, 

 adhesive; covered with a shiny liquid which adheres to the fingers when touched. 



VIS'COSE, Vis'cous (viscosus, <^viscum, bird-lime), glutinous, clammy, adhesive. 



VITEI/LJNE (vitellus, yolk of egg, + ine), egg-yellow color; luteous. 



VOLUTE' (valuta, a spiral scroll), rolled up in any direction. 



VOL'VA (volva, a wrapper), wrapper; same as universal veil; the name is often ap- 

 plied to that portion of a discrete volva which is left after rupturing, either 

 attached in fragments to, or forming a distinct membranous sheath about, the 

 base of the stem, the peridium in phalloids analogous to the volva in Amanitse. 



VOL'VIFORM (volva, wrapper, -\-forma, form), having the form of a volva. 



WART (verruca, wart, excrescence), a wart-like excrescence found on the pileus of 

 some mushrooms ; the remains of the volva in form of irregular or polygonal 

 excrescences, more or less adherent, numerous and persistent. 



WAVED, WA'VY. See UNDULATE. 



WAX- YELLOW (ceraceus), a deep but dull yellow, resembling the color of fresh bees' 

 wax. 



WHORLED, having parts arranged in a circle around an axis; verticillate. 



WINE-PURPLE (mnaceo-purpureus), a clear reddish-purple of a slightly brownish cast. 



WOOD-BROWN, a light brown color like some varieties of wood. (Raw umber + burnt 

 sienna + white.) 



YELLOW-OCHER, a bright yellowish-ochraceous or ocher-yellow color. 



ZO'NATE, ZONED (zona, a zone or girdle), marked with concentric bands of color. 

 ZONES (zona, a zone or girdle), circular bands of color. 



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