Category: V
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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…
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Venulose
With small veins.
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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.
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Venose
With veins.
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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.
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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.
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Velutinous
Velvety, with very short dense indumenta, soft to the touch. Velvety; the hairs dense, firm, and straight.
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Velar
(of caruncle) shaped like a hanging curtain [rare term]. Relating to a velum.
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Velamen
(Of roots of some epiphytes) the one or more layers of spongy cells on the outside. A membrane, covering, or curtain.
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Vein reticulum
The net-like pattern formed by veins.