Botany Dictionary

  • Vista

    Vista

    A pleasing view or prospect, especially one seen through a long, narrow opening.

  • Viviparous

    Viviparous

    Producing living young or plantlets instead of seeds.

  • Viviparous (2)

    Viviparous (2)

    Reproducing by the development of plantlets or shoots while still attached to the parent.

  • Wallum

    Wallum

    An Australian term for a type of shrubland habitat on nutrient-poor, sandy soils.

  • Warty

    Warty

    Covered with or resembling warts; rough-textured.

  • Water farming

    Water farming

    The cultivation of aquatic plants or the use of controlled water systems for agriculture.

  • Verruculose

    Verruculose

    Minutely verrucose; having small wart-like elevations.

  • Verruciulose

    Verruciulose

    A variant spelling of ‘verruculose’; having tiny wart-like projections.

  • Verticellate

    Verticellate

    Arranged in a whorl or circular pattern around the stem.

  • Verticil

    Verticil

    A whorl of organs such as leaves or flowers arranged around a single point on the stem.