Category: V

(In pollen) cavity inside a porus. Any vestibule, often referring to the vestibule of the ear. Any entrance chamber, often referring specifically to the vestibule of the ear.  

Water-conducting cells of the xylem. In anatomy, a tubelike structure that carries blood to the heart, from the capillaries. A tube in the body along which liquid flows, especially a blood vessel. A container for fluids. Tube-like structure that carries fluids throughout the body. Major body vessels are arteries, veins, and lymph vessels. A tube…

Covered with little blisters (most widely used in this sense); Bladder-like. Composed of or relating to small, saclike bodies. Pertaining to or made up of vesicles on the skin. Relating to or composed of vesicles.  

(Of leaves) in a whorl, i.e. several arising at the same node, arranged regularly around the stem. Forming whorls around a common point, as leaves on a stem in the bedstraw plant. Arranged like the spokes of a wheel or a whorl.  

(Of an inflorescence) a false whorl, consisting of two opposite cymes (as in Labiatae/Lamiaceae). A whorl of small flowers, as in many mints.  

A whorl or arrangement of more than two similar parts in a circle at the same level; often used of structures that are not usually whorled.  

(Of anthers) as if hinged on the filament; sometimes, but not always, the same as medifixed; sometimes said of orchid lips (as in Bulbophyllum). Attached by one point, with ability to swing to and fro.  

Warty with very small bumps.  

Small wart.