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A list of specialist words which might be used in field guides ... more.A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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| Valvate : | Of floral parts in the bud, parts touching but not overlapping; also applied to organs dehiscing with valves. |
| Parent Term: | Aestivation |
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| Valve : | One of the flaps/parts/sides opening on a dehiscent fruit. |
| Parent Term: | Fruit_details |
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| Variant : | Any different type of plant within the species, taxonomically recognized or not. |
| Parent Term: | Taxonomy |
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| Variegated : | Having a patchy variation in colour or shade. |
| Parent Term: | Leaf_blade_colour |
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| Vegetation : | - |
| Parent Term: | Habitat |
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Swamp_forest Savanna-woodland Savanna Thicket Elfin_forest |
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| Vegetative : | The non-floral parts of a plant; non-flowering. |
| Parent Term: | Plant_parts |
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Foliage Bud Habit Juvenile Root Woody_stem Foliage_(leafy_stem) Underground_bulbs_etc Wood Leafy_stem Woody_stems Bulbs_etc Foliage_(leafy_branch) Woody_stems |
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| Vein : | - |
| Parent Term: | Lamina__leaf_blade |
| Vein prominence/visibility : | - |
| Parent Term: | Venation |
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Guttered Channelled Impressed Prominent Recessed Bullate |
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| Vein(s) : | - |
| Parent Term: | Lamina__leaf_blade |
| Velutinous : | Velvety: densely covered with soft, short (or long) erect hairs. |
| Parent Term: | Hairs |
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| Velvety : | - |
| Parent Term: | Hairs |
| Venation : | The system or pattern of lateral nerves and veins, or ('finer venation') just veins. |
| Parent Term: | Lamina__leaf_blade |
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Areole Ascending Midrib Nerve Obscure Scalariform Striate Sub_marginal Transverse Trinerved Anastomosing Reticulate Leaf_venation_(hickey) Vein_prominence Palmately_veined Areole |
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| Verrucose : | Covered with rough, wart-like projections. |
| Parent Term: | Surface_texture |
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| Verticillate : | Whorled, several similar organs at the same point of an axis. |
| Parent Term: | Leaf_arrangement |
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| Villous : | Covered with long, weak and often crooked hairs. |
| Parent Term: | Hairs |
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| Viscid : | Coated with a thick, sticky secretion. |
| Parent Term: | Hairs |
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