verecundus-vehr-ek-kund-us: modest.
veris-vehr-iss: true, true-to-type.
vermiculatus - ver-mik-yew-lay-tus:
worm-like.
vernalis - ver-nay-liss: pertaining to
spring, spring-blooming.
vernus - vern-us: associated with
spring-time.
verrucosus - vehr-roo-koh-sus: with
warty protuberances (verrucose).
verruculosus - vehr-rook-yew-loh-sus:
somewhat warty.
verskolor - ver-sik-kol-or: variously
colored.
verticillaris - ver - tiss - sil - lay - riss:
(leaves) in whorls around stem (ver-
ticillate).
verticillatus - ver - tiss - sil - lay - tus:
whorled, circling about a stem (as
verticillate leaves).
verus - vehr-us: true (to type, stand-
ard or classification).
vescus-vesk-us: weak.
vespertinus - vesp-er-tye-nus: evening-
flowering, pertaining to evening.
vestitus - vess-tye-tus: covered, clothed
(with down, hairs, etc.).
villosus - vil-loh-sus: soft-hairy (vil-
lose).
vimineus - vim-min-ee-us: twiggy, in-
terlaced in appearance.
viniferus - vye-nif-er-us: wine grape
(wine)-bearing.
vinosus-vye-noh-sus: full of wine.
violaceus - vye-ol-lay-see-us: violet
(color).
violescens - vye-ol-less-ens: becom-
ing violet-toned.
virens-vye-rens: green.
virescens - vye-ress-ens: becoming
green, greenish.
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virgatus - vir-gay-tus: wand-like,
twiggy.
virginalis-vir-jin-nay-liss: white.
virgineus-vir-jin-ee-us: white.
virginianus - vir-jin-ee-ay-nus: from
Virginia.
virginicus - vir-jin-ik-us: from Vir-
ginia.
virginiensis - vir-jin-ee-en-siss: from
Virginia.
viridiflorus - vihr-id-if-floh-rus: green-
flowered.
viridifolius - vihr-id-if-foh-lee-us: green-
leaved.
viridis-vihr-id-iss: green.
viridissimus - vihr-id-diss-im-us: in-
tensely green.
viridulus - vihr-rid-yew-lus: greenish.
viscidulus - viss-sid-yew-lus: some-
what sticky.
viscidus-viss-id-us: sticky.
viscosus-viss-koh-sus: sticky.
vitaceus-vye-tay-see-us: grape (vitis)-
like.
vitellinus - vye-tel-tye-nus: dull yel-
lowish-red.
vitifolius - vye-tif-foh-lee-us: grape
(vitis)-leaved.
vittatus-vit-tay-tus: striped.
vittigerus-vit-tij-er-us: having stripes.
viviparus - vye-vip-ar-us: having or-
gans which reproduce while still
growing on the parent plant.
volgaricus - vol-gar-ik-us: from the
Volga River region.
volubilis-vol-yew-bil-iss: twining.
volutus-vol-yeiv-tus: roll-leaved.
vomitorius-vom-it-toh-ree-us: emetic.
vulcanicus - vul-kay-nik-us: pertain-
ing to volcanoes or their regions.
vulgaris-vul-gay-riss: common.
vulgatus-vul-gay-tus: common.
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| W |
washingtonianus - wash-ing-ton-ee-ay-
nus: from Washington (state).
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wolgaricus - wol-gay-rik-us: see vol-
garicus.
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| X |
xanthacanthus - zanth-ak-anth-us:
with yellow thorns or spines.
xanthinus-zanth-in-us: yellow.
xanthocarpus - zanth-oh-A:arp-us: yel-
low-fruited.
xantholeucus - zanth-oh-/ew-kus: yel-
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lowish-white.
xanthophyllus - zanth-oh-fill-us: yellow-
leaved.
xanthorhizus - zanth-or-rye-zus: yellow-
rooted.
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| Y |
yedohensis-yed-oh-en-siss: from
Yeddo
(Japan). yunnanensis - yew-nan-
nen-siss: from
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Yunnan (China).
yodogavus - yod-og-gay-vus: from
Yodogowa (Japan).
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| Z |
zebrinus-zeb-ryp-nus: zebra-striped.
zonalis-zoh-nay-liss: zoned or banded.
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zonatus-zoh-nay-tus: zoned, banded.
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