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A GLOSSARY OF TERMS 



VINE. In botany, a stem which 

 trails along the ground without 

 rooting, or entangles itself with 

 other plants, to which it adheres 

 by means of its tendrils. 



VINI'FERA. fr. lat. vinum, wine ; 

 fero, I bear. Wine-bearing. 



VINI'FERJE. Name of a family of 

 plants. 



VIOLA'CEJE. Name of a family of 

 plants. 



VIOLA'CEOUS. Violet-coloured. 



VI'PERA Lat. A viper. 



VI'RENS. Lat. Flourishing, green. 



VIRE'SCENT. Green, flourishing. 



VIR'GATE. fr. lat. virga, a twig. 

 Twiggy. In botany, a virgate 

 stem differs from avimineous stem 

 only in being less flexible. Long 

 and slender; wand-like. 



VIRGINIA'NA. ) Lat. Belonging to 



VIRGINIA'NUS. Virginia. 



VI'RGULA. Lat. A little rod. 



VIR'GULTUM. A young, slender 



branch of a /tree or shrub. A 

 small twig. 



VI'RIDIS. Lat. Green. 



VI'ROSE. Nauseous to the smell ; 

 poisonous. 



Vis. Lat. Force. Vis inertia. In- 

 ertness, or the principle of inac- 

 tivity, by which a body perse- 

 veres in the same state of rest or 

 motion, in a straight line, unless 

 obliged, to change it by a foreign 

 force. 



Vis'cin. > Glutinous, sticky, tena- 



Vis'cous. cious. 



Vis'cus. Lat. Any bowel, or en- 

 trail, or internal part, as the heart, 

 liver, lungs, brain, &e. 



VI'SCERA. Lat. plur. of vi&cii:?. 



WSCERAL. Relating to viscera. 



VISCI'VORUS. Systematic name of 

 a thrush. 



VITAL AIR. A term applied to oxy- 

 gen gas, from its being indis- 

 pensable to the maintenance of 

 life 



VITA'TA. Lat. Avoided, shunned. 

 Specific nam^ of a fly. 



MhMBRAivK. The deli- 



cate tissue which envelopes the 

 yolk of an egg. 



VITE'LLUS. Lat. The yolk of an 

 egg. In botany, a fleshy sac oc- 

 casionally interposed in seeds be- 

 tween the albumen and the ovule, 

 enveloping the latter. 



VI'TES. Lat. plur. of vitis. 



VI'TIS. Lat. A vine. 



VI'TREOTTS. fr. lat. vitrea, glass. 

 Resembling glass; of the nature 

 of glass. 



VI'TREO-RES'INOUS. Partaking of 

 the nature of glass and resin. 



ViTRiFiCA'Tioir.-fr. lat. vitrea, glass ; 

 yio, to become. The conversion 

 of a substance into glass. 



VIT'RIFIED. fr. lat. vitrea, glass. 

 Converted into glass. 



VITRI'NA. fr. lat. vitrea, glass. A 

 genus of fresh-water gasteropods. 



VIT'TJB. fr. lat. vitta, a riband. In 

 botany, little clavate vessels of 

 oil found in the coat of the fruit 

 of umbelliferous plants. 



VITULI'NA. fr. lat. vitulus, a sea-calf. 

 Belonging or relating to seals. 



VIVE'RRA. Lat. A ferret. 



VIVI'PAROUS. fr. lat. vivus, alive; 

 pario, I bring forth. Animals 

 whose young are born without 

 being hatched, are said to be vi- 

 viparous. 



VIVIPA'RUM. Lat. Viviparous. 



VOCI'FERUS. Lat. Vociferous, noisy. 



VO'LATILE. fr. lat. vo/o, I fly. Ca- 

 pable -of assuming the state of 

 vapour, and flying off. 



VOLA'TILIZE. To become volatile. 



VOL'CAK. ) fr. Vulcanus, the fable- 



VOLCA'TTO. god of fire. A vent 

 for subterranean fire. A burning 

 mountain. A communication be- 

 tween the surface of the earth 

 and its interior, for the passage of 

 hot or incandescent matters ; as 

 lava, mud, water, &c. (p. 102, 

 Book viii). 



VOLCA'NIC. Relating to a volcano. 



VOLCANIC BOMBS. Masses of melt- 

 ed lava sometimes thrown out by 

 volcanoes ; these, as they fell, as- 



