Vioinism 



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in close proximity (De Vries) ; 

 Vi'oinist, a plant derived from such 

 ancestiy (De Vries). 

 Vio'inin {vicia, a vetch), a principle 



from Lathyrtis satimcSy Liun. 

 Vigii'ia (Lat., keeping watch) or 

 Vigillae Flor'um, periods during 

 which certain plants open and close 

 their flowers. 

 Villi, pi. of Viriui (Lat., a shaggy- 

 hair), long weak hairs; viilif'emi 

 (fero, I bear), bearing villi; vil'li- 

 form i/ornia, shape), resembling 

 villi (Crozier) ; vil'lose, villo'stos, 

 virions, bearing villi ; Villoslty, 

 shagginess, a coating of long weak 

 hairs. 

 Vrmen (Lat., a switch), a long flexible 

 shoot ; vi'minal, vimina lis, con- 

 sisting of twigs ; vimin'eous, -neus, 

 bearing long and flexible twigs. 

 yinft'eeons, vina'cetis {vinuvi, wine, + 



accui), wine-colour, purplish red. 

 Vine, (1) the plant which bears giapes, 

 Vitis vinifera, Linn.; (2) in the 

 United States applied to any trail- 

 ing or climbing stem, or runner ; 

 yinea'lis (Lat), growing in vine- 

 yards. 

 Vin'egar-plant, or mother-of-vinegar, 



Mycoderma Aceti, Desniaz. 

 vinic'olor {vinwni, wine ; color, colour), 

 the coloiir oi wine, dark or purple 

 red; vino'sus (Lat,), in botany 

 means the same. 

 viola'oeoQB, -ecus [Viola, -f aceous), 

 violet-coloured, ianthiuus; violas'- 

 cens (4 a^cens), becoming violet; 

 vi'olet, viol'eus, the colour of 

 violets, a cold purple ; Vi'oline, 

 a poisonous principle existing in 

 riola odorata, Linn. 

 virel'lus (dim. of virens), somewhat 



green or gi'eenish. 

 vir'ent, vir'^TW (Lat., gieen), (1) green 

 in colour ; (2) evergreen ; vires'oent, 

 virescens, turning green ; Vires' - 

 cenoe, the development of chloro- 

 phyll in place of the normal colour- 

 ing ; cf. Frondescence. 

 vir'gate, virga'tus (Lat., made of 

 twigs;, (1) wand-shaped, twiggy; 

 (2) with radiating lines in pileus 



of Agarics ; either ribs or streaks 

 of colour (Fries), as in TricJwloma 

 virgata, P. Karst. 

 virgin'eus (Lat., maidenly), (1) the 

 purest white ; (2) having arrived 

 at the flowering period (Endlicher, 

 fiile Lindley). 

 vir'gulate, ''diminutive of virgatb, 

 shaped like a little twig or wand " 

 (Crozier), but virgulcUus also means 

 striped. 

 Virgurtum (Lat., a copse), a vigorous 



twig or shoot. 

 vir'idans (Mod. Lat.), virides'oent, 

 virides'cens, becoming green; Vir- 

 idi'na = Chlorophyll; vir'idii 

 (Lat.), green; virid'ulus, greenish; 

 Vir'or (Lat), greenness, verdure. 

 viro'sus (Lat., fetid), "venomous" (A. 

 Gray) : having an unpleasant smell, 

 vis'cid, vis'cidus (Lat., clammy), 

 sticky from a tenacious coating or 

 secretion ; '-' Disk, the retinaculum 

 of an Orchid. 

 Vis'cin {viscum, birdlime), (1) a sub- 

 stance intermediate oetween resin 

 and caoutchouc (Weinling) ; (2) the 

 sticky substance forming threads 

 uniting pollen-grains (Kerner) ; 

 Viscosac'chaross (-fSACCHAROSE),an 

 enzyme producing a viscous mass 

 from cane-sugar (Beijerinck) ; vis'c- 

 ous, visco'sus (Lat, sticky), glutin- 

 ous, clammy. 

 Vi'talism {vitalis, pertaining to life), 

 a directive tendency through the 

 organism alone, and peculiar to 

 life ; Vi'talist The'ory, Pasteur's 

 theory of fermentation as an effect, 

 with vegetation as a cause ; Vitarity, 

 in seeds the period during which 

 the seeds retain their power of 

 germination, varying according to 

 the species. 

 Vitel'lin, vitelli'nus [vitellus, the yolk 

 of an egg), the colour of the yolk 

 of an egg; veg'etable Vitel'lin, 

 Weyl's term for a reserve proteid 

 found as crystals in potato- tubers ; 

 Vitellus, (1) an old name for 

 peculiar albumen which in some 

 cases is deposited within the ein- 

 bryo-sac ; cf. Scutellum (2) ; (2) 



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