GLOSSARY (continued 2)
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Ver´nicose (vernix, varnish), appearing as if varnished.
Verru´ca (pl. Verru´cæ) (verruca, a wart, steep place or height), wart.
Ver´rucose (verrucosus, full of warts), covered with warts or glandular elevations.
Verru´ciform (verruca, a wart, + forma, form), warty, resembling a wart in appearance.
Verru´culose (verrucula, a little eminence, a little wart, dim. of verruca, a wart, + ose), minutely verrucose.
Ver´tex (vertex, vortex (tic-), a whirl, eddy, highest point, etc.), the upper extremity.
Verticil´late (verticillus, a whirl), whorled.
Ves´cicle (vesicula, a little blister, a vesicle, dim. of < vesica, bladder, blister), a minute bladder-like cell or cavity.
Vesic´ular, Vesi´culate, Vesic´ulose, Vesic´ulous (vesicula, vescicle), composed of or like vescicles.
Vil´lose, Vil´lous (villosus, < villus, a tuft of hair), downy with soft weak hairs.
Vina´ceous, a brownish-pink or delicate brownish-purple color like wine dregs; a soft, delicate wine-colored pink or purple.
Vina´ceous-Buff (vinaceo-luteus). (Indian-red + yellow ocher + white.)
Vina´ceous-Cinnamon (vinaceo-cinnamomeus). (Burnt umber + burnt sienna + white.)
Vina´ceous-Pink (vinaceo-caryophyllaceus). (Madder-carmine + light-red + white.)
689Vina´ceous-Ru´fous (vinaceo-rufus). (Indian-red + light-red + white.)
Vi´nous (vinosus, < vinum, wine), wine-colored; vinaceous.
Violet, Viola´ceous, a purplish-blue color, like the petals of a violet. (Aniline-violet or mauve.)
Vires´cent (virescere, grow green, greenish), green or becoming green.
Vir´gate (virgatus, < virga, a twig, rod), streaked; having an erect, slender shape like a rod.
Virides´cent (viridescens, ppr. of viridescere, be green, < viridis, green), slightly green; greenish.
Vis´cid (viscum, bird-lime, anything sticky), moist and sticky, glutinous, clammy, adhesive; covered with a shiny liquid which adheres to the fingers when touched.
Vis´cose, Vis´cous (viscosus, < viscum, bird-lime), glutinous, clammy, adhesive.
Vitel´line (vitellus, yolk of egg, + ine), egg-yellow color; luteous.
Volute´ (voluta, a spiral scroll), rolled up in any direction.
Vol´va (volva, a wrapper), wrapper; same as universal veil; the name is often applied to that portion of a discrete volva which is left after rupturing, either attached in fragments to, or forming a distinct membranous sheath about, the base of the stem, the peridium in phalloids analogous to the volva in Amanitæ.
Vol´viform (volva, wrapper, + forma, form), having the form of a volva.
Wart (verruca, wart, excrescence), a wart-like excrescence found on the pileus of some mushrooms; the remains of the volva in form of irregular or polygonal excrescences, more or less adherent, numerous and persistent.
Waved, Wa´vy. See Undulate.
Wax-Yellow (ceraceus), a deep but dull yellow, resembling the color of fresh bees' wax.
Whorled, having parts arranged in a circle around an axis; verticillate.
Wine-Purple (vinaceo-purpureus), a clear reddish-purple of a slightly brownish cast.
Wood-Brown, a light brown color like some varieties of wood. (Raw umber + burnt sienna + white.)
Yellow-Ocher, a bright yellowish-ochraceous or ocher-yellow color.
Zo´nate, Zoned (zona, a zone or girdle), marked with concentric bands of color.
Zones (zona, a zone or girdle), circular bands of color.
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