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  • Valvate

    (Of sepals or petals in bud) meeting exactly at the margins without overlapping. Margins of calyx or corolla not overlapping. Said when parts meet each other by their edges, without over-lapping.  

  • Valleculate

    With grooves.  

  • Vallecular canal

    A resin canal opposite a longitudinal sulcus in the achenes of Compositae/Asteraceae.  

  • Valleculae

    The grooves between the ribs of Umbelliferae/Apiaceae fruits, where the vittae are often to be found.  

  • Validly published

    (In nomenclature) published according to the I.C.B.N.,Articles 32–45.  

  • Vaginate

    Sheathed.  

  • Utriculiform

    Shaped like a small cavity or sac, like the rootlet traps in Utricularia [unusual term].  

  • Utriculate

    Having bladders; Bladder-like.  

  • Utricular

    Bladder-shaped (e.g. of fruit). Pertaining to the utricle.  

  • Utricle

    The traps of Utricularia (trap is preferred); (In Cyperaceae) a prophyll that has developed into a characteristic bottle-like structure and partially or completely surrounds the nutlet in Kobresia and Carex; Swollen basal part of perianth-tube (Aristolochiaceae). A large sac inside the vestibule of the ear, which relates information about the upright position of the head…

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