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Vein
The vascular bundles or veins or ribs of the blades, glumes, lemmas, and paleas.
Velvety
A vestiture of thick medium length hairs.
Vernal
Growth form for spring and early summer.
Verrucose
Covered with warty protuberances.
Verticil
A whorl of parts arising from a common point or around an axis.
Verticillate
In whorls or verticils.
Vestigial
Not fully developed; rudimentary.
Verification
The act of verifying.
Vestiture
Surface coverings (e.g., hairs, or wax, or scales).
Villous
Long, soft, unmatted hairs; shaggy.
Viscid
Sticky, glutinous.
Voucher specimen
An herbarium specimen used as evidence or proof.
