Category: V

  • Ventral

    Synonymous with the abaxial or lower surface: abaxial is technically more precise, whereas lower surface is easier to understand. Towards the stomach; anterior or front. Referring to the abdomen. In anatomy, on or of the front of the body or an organ; anterior. Ventral describes a position situated on or related to the front surface…

  • Venulose

    With small veins.  

  • Venous

    Like a vein. Of or pertaining to the veins. Relating to the veins, the blood vessels that carry blood toward the heart. Pertaining to a vein or to the veins.  

  • Venose

    With veins.  

  • Venation

    The arrangement of the veins of a leaf (for ease of reference divided into primary (midrib/main vein), secondary veins and tertiary venation). The method of arrangement of veins. Pattern of veins in a leaf. The distribution of veins to an organ or structure.  

  • Velvety

    (Of indumentum) resembling velvet, i.e. with a soft, close-cut pile. With erect, straight, moderately firm hairs, such as on a stem or leaf. (Of cap or stem) Soft, smooth, having very short hairs, like velvet.  

  • Velutinous

    Velutinous

    Velvety, with very short dense indumenta, soft to the touch. Velvety; the hairs dense, firm, and straight.  

  • Velar

    (of caruncle) shaped like a hanging curtain [rare term]. Relating to a velum.  

  • Velamen

    (Of roots of some epiphytes) the one or more layers of spongy cells on the outside. A membrane, covering, or curtain.  

  • Vein reticulum

    The net-like pattern formed by veins.