Verticillate 



A DICTIONARY 



Vine 



apparent verticil, as in most 

 Labiatae. 



VERTlC/fLLATE, arranged in a 

 ring or whorl; whorled. 



VEHICLE, a small bladder-like 

 body or cavity. 



VESICULAR, bearing or contain- 

 ing numerous vesicles; vesicu- 

 late; vesiculose. 



VESICULATE, see Vesiculab. 



VESICULOSE, see Vesicular. 



VESPERTINE, pertaining to or 

 taking place early in the even- 

 ing: applied especially to flow- 

 ers which expand at that time 

 of the day. 



VESSEL, a cell, or row of conflu- 

 ent cells, having markings pro- 

 duced by thickenings in tbe 

 cell-wall, forming dots, bands, 

 rings, spirals, etc. Formerly 

 only vessels having spiral 

 markings were called vessels, 

 in distinction especially from 

 those having pitted walls, 

 which were known as ducts, 

 but the term Duct is now com- 

 paratively little used. The 

 terms Duct and Vessel are par- 

 tially equivalent, Duct being 

 perhaps more often used for 

 continuous vessels composed 

 of more than one cell. See 

 Trachea and Tracheid. 



V&S'TIBULE, a term applied by 

 Duchartre to an opening or 

 chamber above the stomata in 

 certain plants, as Cycas revo- 

 luta, formed by the depression 

 of the guard-cells and the out- 

 ward growth of the adjoining 

 epidermal cells. Compare 

 Antechamber and Sto- 

 matic Chambeb. 

 VJfiS'T&E, an abortive part 

 which in some ancestral form 

 was fully developed. 

 VETERAN (Forestry), a very old 

 tree. 



VEX'IL, see Vexillum. 

 VEX'ILLARY .ESTIVATION, 



having a vexillum or other 

 similar large petal which en- 

 folds all the others in the bud. 

 More properly ' ' Cochlear Es- 

 tivation," except in Papilioua- 

 ceae. 



VEX'ILLATE, having a vexillum. 



VEXIL'LUM, the large upper 

 petal of a papilionaceous 

 flower; standard; banner. 



VI' ABLE, capable of growing or 

 manifesting life— said mainly 

 of seeds. 



VI'BRATILE, having a vibratory 

 or back-aud-forth motion. 



VI'BRO(jEN, a term applied by 

 Penhallow to certain longitu- 

 dinal bands of active tissue in 

 the cortex of tendrils to which 

 their movements of circumnu- 

 tation are supposed to be chiefly 

 due. 



VICARIOUS, performing the 

 function, or occupying the 

 place, of some other organ. 



VIL'LI (sing. Vil'lus), veluti- 

 nous hairs. 



VIL'LIFORM, resembling villi. 



VILLOSE', covered with rather 

 thin, soft, straightish hairs, 

 somewhat finer, softer, and 

 thicker than in Pilose; villous. 

 Sometimes used for Veluti- 

 nous, which see. 



VILLOUS, see Villose. 



VIL'LUS, sing., see Villi. 



VI'MEN, a long, flexible shoot 

 or branch, like the willow 

 branches used for wicker- 

 work. (Obs.) 



VIM'INAL, pertaining to twigs. 



VIMIN'EOUS, producing or re- 

 sembling long, flexible twigs 

 or branches. 



VINE, any plant, or its stem, 

 which is incapable of self- 



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