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Ventricose ( venter , the abdomen). Swelling unequally on one side, or 
swollen in the middle. 
Vermiform ( vermis , a worm). Worm-shaped. 
Verrucose (verruca , a wart). Covered with warts. 
Villose ( villus , a tuft of woolly hair). Covered with long weak hairs 
or down. 
Virgate (virga , a twig or stripe). Streaked. 
Viscid ( viscidus, sticky). Covered with a tenacious gluten or secretion. 
Volva ( volva , a wrapper). A covering which envelopes certain fungi at 
first; hence Volvate. 
Zones. Circles of hairs, warts, colour, etc., frequently seen on the 
pileus in the Hymenomycetes; hence Zoned. The term is 
usually applied to bands of colour. 
