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VEHRU'CX. fr. lat. verruca, a wart. 

 Cellulur glands. Seminal spongi- 

 oles. Warts or sessile glands, pro- 

 duced upon various parts of plants, 

 and extremely variable in figure. 



VE'RRUCOSE. fr. lat. verruca, a wart. 

 Warted. 



VERSATILE. fr. lat. versatility that 

 turns.easily. Oscillating; adher- 

 ing slightly by the middle, so that 

 the two halves are nearly bal- 

 anced, and swing backwards and 

 forwards; a term applied to the 

 anthers of plants, when they are 

 attached to the filament by a sin- 

 gle point of the connective. 



VERSICO'LOR. Lat. Changing co- 

 lour ; of various colours. 



VERTA'GUS. Lat. Name of a par- 

 ticular kind of dog. 



VER'TEBRA. fr. lat. vertere, to turn. 

 A joint or bone of the back-bone 

 or spine. 



VER'TEBRA. The plural of verte- 

 bra. 



VER'TEBRAL. Belonging or relating 

 to vertebrae. 



VE'RTEBRAL COLTJMK. The spine or 

 back-bone. 



VERTEBRA'TA. Animals that pos- 

 sess vertebras. Systematic name 

 of the first branch of the animal 

 kingdom. 



VER'TEBRATE. Having vertebrae, or 

 a spine. 



VER'TEX. Lat. The uppermost 

 point. The top or crown of the 

 head. 



VER'TICAUT COMPRESSED. De- 

 pressed. 



VERTICE'LLUS. Lat. A whorl. 



VEH'TICIL. fr. lat. vertere, to turn. 

 In botany, a whorl ; an arrange- 

 ment of leaves which is seen 

 when more than a single pair 

 spring from the same node and 

 form a circle around the stem. 



VERTICILLA'STER. The cyme when 

 reduced to a very few flowers. 



VrRTicii/LATE. fr. lat. verticillum, a 

 peg. Arranged in a circle, like 

 the leaves of certain flowers 



around a stem. Arranged in a 



whorl. ^ 



VER'TICOSE.- Whorl-like. 

 VERTILI'XEAR. Rectilinear. 

 VE'SCA. Lat. Edible; anything 



that may be eaten. 

 VESICATO'RIA. Lat. Vesicating ; 



blistering. Specific name of the 



Spanish-fly. 



VE'SICLE. A diminutive bladder. 

 VESI'CULAR. Composed of vesicles. 



A mineral is said to be vesicular, 



when it has small and somewhat 



round cavities, both internally 



and externally. 



taining vesicles. 



VES'PA. Lat. A wasp. 



VESPERTI'LIO. Lat. A bat. 



VESPER'TINE. Applied to flowers 

 which open in the evening. 



VES'PIART. A wasp's nest. 



VES'TIBULE. fr. lat. vestibulum, ves- 

 tibule. A room at the entrance 

 of an edifice, which only serves 

 as a passage to other apartments. 

 The first part of the second ca- 

 vity of the ear is so called. 



VETCH A kind of bean. 



VEXI'LLUM. Lat. A standard. The 

 upper petal of a papilionaceous 

 corolla is so called, from its erect 

 and expanded state. 



VI'BRATILE. Moving to and fro. 



VI'BRIO. A microscopic, eel-like 

 animalcule. 



VIBRIS'S^. Hairs that stand for- 

 ward like feelers; in some birds 

 they are slender, as in fly-catchers, 

 &c., and point both upwards and 

 downwards, from both the upper 

 and under sides of the mouth. 



VICU'NNA. Lat. A vicunia: or vi- 

 cuiia. 



VILLO'SITT. Velvet-like; a cover- 

 ing of soft hairs, forming a nap 

 like velvet. 



VILLO'SUS. Lat. Velvety. 



VII/LOUS. In botany, shaggy with 

 long loose hair. 



VI'MEN. A long and fieri ble shoot 

 of plants. 



