varicose 
vegetative 
varicose (varicosus, full of dilated 
veins), abnormally enlarged in 
places, used of filamentous organs. 
variegated, variega'tus (Lat., party 
coloured), irregularly coloured in 
patches, blotched. 
Variety, Var'ietas (Lat., difference), 
a sort or modification subordinate 
to species ;~Hy’brid, so called, a 
cross between varieties of the same 
species. 
varlifol'ius (varius, variegated), 
possessing leaves of different forms. 
Vari‘ola (Mod. Lat., the pustule of 
small-pox), a pustular shield occur- 
ring on the thallus of the Lichen 
genus Variolaria ; var’iolate, vario- 
la‘tus, variola’ris (Mod.  Lat.), 
marked as though pitted. 
varius (Lat., variegated), liable to 
change or modification. 
Var’nish = BLASTOCOLLA ; varnished = 
VERNICOSE (Crozier), 
Vas, pl. Va’sa (Lat.), vessels, ducts. 
{Lindley (Glossary,p.98) gives nine- 
teen names for modifications of 
these.] Va'sa exhalan'tia=stom- 
ates; ~ pro'pria, sieve-tubes or thin- 
walled tubular cells of the phloém. 
vascular, vascular’is (vasculum, a 
small vessel), relating to or fur- 
nished with vessels;~Bun'dle, a 
strand of specialized tissue; ~ 
Bun‘dle-sheath, the enveloping 
cylinder of closely united paren- 
chyma;~ Cylinder, the central cord 
of vascular tissue ; ~ Plants, Vascu- 
la‘res, those which possess vessels, 
as Phanerogams and Filicales; 
~ System, the interior parts in 
which the vessels occur ;~ Tis’sue, 
consists chiefly of vessels, in contra- 
distinction to cellular tissue ; 
vasculifferous (fero, I bear), pro- 
ducing vessels; vas‘culose, vas- 
culo’sus, vascular; Vasc’ulose, a 
component of the vegetable skele- 
ton of the cellulose group; 
Vas'culum (1) = Ascipium; (2) 
a collecting-box for botanic speci- 
mens. 
vase-shaped, ‘‘shaped like a flower- 
pot ” (Lindley). 
Vasiduc’tus (vas, vasis, a vessel, 
ductus, led) = RAPHE; va’'siform, 
vasiform'is (forma, shape), in the 
shape of a vessel or duct ; ~ El’e- 
ments, ~ Tis’sue, ducts or tubes 
with spiral markings; ~ Wood- 
cell = TRACHEID ; vasula’ris, = 
vase-shaped. 
Vaucher'ia-gall, an hypertrophied 
formation on Vaucheria, due to 
some animal attack, as of Rotifers. 
vault’ed, fornicate. 
vegetable (vegetabilis, animating), 
belonging to or consisting of 
plants; [Veg’etable, in a restricted 
sense is a kitchen garden plant, 
anything cultivated for culinary 
purposes]; ~ Ac’ids, the most fre- 
quent and abundant are cit’ric, 
ma/lic, oxal’ic, and tartar’ic; ~ 
Al’bumen, «a substance resembling 
animal albumen.—Norz, not to be 
confounded with the ALBUMEN of 
seeds; ~ Anat’omy, the stricture of 
plants; ~ Ca’sein, the same as 
Leeumin; cf. PLANT-CASEIN; ~ 
Cell, see CELL; ~ _ Fi’brin, 
= GLuTEN; ~ Glob’ulin, see 
GLOBULIN; ~ I'vory, the seed of 
Phytelephas macrocarpa, Ruiz & 
Pav.; ~ Mu’cus, Mu'cilage, see 
MuvciLace; ~Nosol’ogy, the classi- 
fication and diagnosis of plant- 
diseases ; ~ Parch’ment, paper after 
treatment with acids; ~ Patho- 
logy, the science of the diseases of 
plants, and remedial treatment ; ~ 
Taxon’omy, the classification of 
plants in systematic order; ~ 
Wax, a substance resembling animal 
wax, occurring as BLoom on the 
surface, or in bulk in certain fruits ; 
veg’etal, (1) having power to pro- 
duce growth ; (2) an abbreviation 
of ‘‘ vegetable”; veg’etate, to 
sprout or grow as plants ; Vegeta’- 
tion, (1) the process of plant- 
growth; (2) plants in general ; 
vegetative, growing or causing to 
grow; ~ Apog’amy, = APoGAMY ; 
~ Cell, (1) the larger of the two 
cells in a pollen granule, which 
causes the growth of the pollen- 
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