Venule 



Vesicle 



vein), veinlets ; ~> commu'nes, $ 

 veinlets which proceed from ana- 

 stomoses of the r- pro'priae, J those 

 which first leave the costal or 

 primary veins ; Ve'nule, employed 

 by J. Smith for veins of secondary 

 importance ; ve'nulose, venulo'sus, 

 profusely- veined ; venulo'so-hinoi'- 

 deus, having equally curved parallel 

 veins originating in the midrib 

 and not losing themselves in the 

 passage ; ~ nervo'sus, with straight 

 parallel veins connected by cross- 

 veinlets. 



Ver-spe'cies, Syme's name for a true 

 species, neither super-, nor sub- 

 species ; the epithet is derived 

 from verus. 



Vera'trine, an alkaloid derived from 

 Veratrum. 



Ver'digris (Fr., Vert-de-gris), the sea- 

 'green ' ' rust " of brass ; ^ Green, 

 the bluish-green colour of the same. 



vermic'ular, vermicular' is, vermi- 

 c'ulate, vermicula'tus, vermiculus, a 

 little worm), worm-shaped, thick- 

 ened and bent in places, as the 

 root of Polygonum Bistorta, Linn. 



ver'miform (vermis, a worm, forma, 

 shape), worm-shaped ; ^ Bod'y = 

 SCOLECITE. 



Vermilion (Old Fr., Vermilion, the 

 Kermes insect) -col'oured, scarlet, 

 brilliant red approaching orange. 



ver'nal, verna'lis, ver'nus (Lat., per- 

 taining to spring), appearing in 

 spring ; Verna'tion, Verna'tio (Lat. , 

 casting off a slough), the order of un- 

 folding from leaf -buds, prefoliation. 



ver'nicose, vernico'sus (Mod. Lat., 

 varnished), shiny, as though var- 

 nished. 



Verru'ca (Lat., a wart), (1) a wart or 

 elevation sometimes of a glandular 

 nature ; (2) a sessile apothecium, 

 as in Verrucaria ; (3) the perithe- 

 cium of some Fungi. 



verruca'rioid, resembling Verrucaria 

 as to the verrucae or apothecia. 



ver'rucose, verruco'sus (Lat., full of 

 warts) ; ver'rucous, warty. 



verru'ciform (verruca, a wart, forma, 

 shape), wart-shaped. 



verru'culose, verruculo' 'sus (verrucula, 

 a small wart), very warty, much 

 covered with warts. 



versatile, versat'ilis (Lat., moveable), 

 turning freely on its support, as 

 many anthers on their filaments. 



versic'olor (Lat. , of changeable colour), 

 changing colour, or one colour 

 passing into another. 



ver'sifonn (versiformis, changing 

 shape), altering in shape as it 

 ages. 



versipaTmus (versus, turned, palma, 

 a palm), a palmate arrangement, 

 the divisions not all in the same 

 plane. 



ver'tebrate (vertebratus, jointed), 

 contracted at intervals, like the 

 backbone of animals. 



Vertex (Lat., that which revolves 

 about itself), (1) the apex of an 

 organ ; (2) the pileus of Agarics ; 

 vertical, vertica'lis, (1) perpendi- 

 cular to the horizon ; or (2) to the 

 support, usually longitudinal ; ^ 

 An'ther, an innate anther ; ~ 

 Chor'isis, transverse chorisis ; 

 Leaves, those which stand erect 

 like Iris leaves, with no obviously 

 dorsal or ventral surfaces ; <~ 

 Sys'tem, the fibro-vascular system 

 (Crozier) ; vertically compres'sed 



= DEPRESSED (Oozier). 



Ver'ticil, Verticil'lus (Lat., the whirl 

 of a spindle), a whorl, or circular 

 arrangement of similar parts round 

 an axis ; Verticillus spu'rius, = 

 VEBTICILLASTEB ; Verticillas'ter 

 (-aster, a suffix = small), a false 

 whorl, composed of a pair of op- 

 posed cymes, as in Labiates ; verti- 

 cUlas'trate, possessing false whorls ; 

 vertic'illate, verticilla'tus, whorled ; 

 verticilliflor'us (flos, floris, a 

 flower), when whorls have a 

 spicate arrangement. 



verucula'tus (Lat., furnished with a 

 small pike), cylindric and some- 

 what pointed. 



vesicato'rius (vesica, a blister), blis- 

 tering. 



Ve'sicle, Vesi'cula (Lat., a little 

 bladder), (1) a small bladder or 



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