Category: V
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Viscin threads
The sticky substance forming threads that unite some pollen grains, associated with pollination by butterflies and moths.
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Viscidium (plural viscidia)
(Of orchid flowers) the gland to which the pollinia are attached.
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Viscid (sticky)
(Pertaining to mushroom cap) slimy or slippery surface when wet, becoming sticky as it starts to dry. Having a glutinous surface. (of cap or stem) Slippery to the touch when wet from a thin mucous layer, becoming sticky when losing moisture. Referring to a liquid which is sticky and slow-moving. Adhering, glutinous, sticky. In bacteriology,…
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Viscarium
(In orchids) sac of glue, part of the rostellum in the dendrobiums, that fixes pollinia to a vector.
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Virgate
Long, slender and stiff, branched; Twiggy. Wand-like.
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Virescent
Becoming green.
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Violet
A low, stemless, leafy plant with purple, blue, yellow, white, or variegated flowers. Violet also known as Sweet Violet and Viola. A flower used in fragrances or herbal tea. Available at health food stores. Old garden favourite. Sweet-scented, deep violet flowers are delightful candied as decoration for cakes, puddings and ice cream. Violet tea or…
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Vine
Climbing herbaceous or woody plant with small stem diameter. Herbaceous plants with elongate, flexible, nonself-supporting stems. A plant with long, flexible stems trailing on the ground or climbing on other plants. Historically, a grape plant (Vitis vinifera), but used more loosely for climbing plants generally, or even for some sprawling plants such as pumpkins.
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Vinaceous
(Colour) purplish red. Having the color of red wine.
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Vimineous
With or resembling long flexible shoots [unusual term].