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its resemblance to the woman's instrument which is wont to 

 be fastened to the spindle to turn it. [Cf. Verticillate.] 



Vinacei. Vinacei are seeds of grapes (acini), called by the Greeks 

 Yi-yocpTa, and are rejected with the skin (folliculus) from 

 the pressed grapes. [Obsolete.] 



Virga. Virga is a shoot growing from the roots or the side of a 

 stem. By some virgae are called soboles. [Cf. Virgate.] 



Virgultum. Virgultum is a branch which is planted that it may 

 grow into a tree. [Obsolete in this sense. Cf. Virgultum.] 



Viticulae. Viticulae are not branches (palmites) nor twigs 

 (sarmenta) but shoots (flagella) which spread far and wide, 

 creeping like a vine. And they so entangle neighboring 

 fruits with which they come in contact that the}^ use them 

 like props, or in climbing catch them with their tendrils 

 (claviculi) by which they cling as with fingers, as is found 

 among cucumbers, squashes and many other plants. [Cf. 

 Viticulae.] 



Vmbella. Vmbella is the stem of a flower or seed, divided into 

 many longer and smaller stems (pediculi), which, arising 

 simultaneously at the same point, spread out farther and 

 farther, each bearing a seed or flower, so forming a circle. 

 The Greeks called this floral arrangement uKiabiov, but 

 the Latins vmbella, since it resembles the circular form of 

 a sun-shade by which women protect their faces from the 

 sun and ward off the noon-day heat. [Cf. Umbel.] 



Vmbilicus. Vmbilicus is that part of a fruit which extends into 

 or is hidden within the center. [Obsolete in this sense. 

 Cf. Umbilicus.] 



Vngues. By vngues the ancients meant the lowest parts of the 

 leaves of roses and other leafy flowers by which they are at- 

 tached to their head, and are without color. Or briefly, 

 the lower, white portions of rose petals are called vngues. 

 [Cf. Unguis.] 



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