398 GLOSSARY. 



Ventricose, swollen in the middle. 



Vermicular, resembling a worm. 



Verrucose, covered with tubercles b'ke warts. 



Vertebrate, having a backbone. 



Verticillate, whorled. 



Vesicle, a little bladder. 



Vtbratile, 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. 



