398 GLOSSARY. 
Ventricose, swollen in the middle. 
Vermicular, resembling a worm. 
Verrucose, covered with tubercles like warts. 
Vertebrate, having a backbone. 
Verticillate, whorled. 
Vesicle, a little bladder. 
Vibratile, when there is a constant oscillating motion of any part. 
Viscous, clammy. 
Viviparous, bringing forth the young alive, not by eggs. 
Zigzag, having short turnings and angles. 
