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Glossary of Gardening Terms (view source)
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==U==
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''[[Umbel]]''. Corymbose or indeterminate cluster with branches or rays arising from a common point and about equal in length, resembling framework of umbrella; umbels are characteristic of the Umbellifera.
''[[Umbel]]''. Corymbose or [[indeterminate]] [[cluster]] with [[branch]]es or rays arising from a common point and about equal in length, resembling framework of umbrella; [[umbel]]s are characteristic of the [[Umbellifera]].
''[[Umbellate]]''. Umbelled; with umbels; pertaining to umbels.
''[[Umbellate]]''. Umbelled; with [[umbel]]s; pertaining to umbels.
''[[Umbellet]]''. Secondary umbel.
''[[Umbellet]]''. Secondary [[umbel]].
''[[Umbellule]]''. Umbellet.
''[[Umbellule]]''. [[Umbel]]let.
''[[Uni-]]''. One.
''[[Uni-]]''. One.
''[[Unisexual]]''. Of one sex; staminate or pistillate only.
''[[Unisexual]]''. Of one sex; [[staminate]] or [[pistillate]] only.
''[[Utricle]]''. A small bladder; a bladdery 1-seeded fruit.
''[[Utricle]]''. A small bladder; a bladdery 1-[[seed]]ed [[fruit]].
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''[[Valvate]]''. Opening by valves or pertaining to valves; meeting by the edges without overlapping, as leaves or petals in the bud.
''[[Valvate]]''. Opening by valves or pertaining to valves; meeting by the edges without overlapping, as [[leaves]] or [[petal]]s in the [[bud]].
''[[Valve]]''. A separable part of a pod; the units or pieces into which a capsule splits or divides in dehiscing.
''[[Valve]]''. A separable part of a [[pod]]; the units or pieces into which a capsule splits or divides in [[dehiscing]].
''[[Vascular]]''. With vessels or ducts, or relating to them.
''[[Vascular]]''. With vessels or ducts, or relating to them.
''[[Vein]]''. A branch of the evident woody framework of a leaf or similar organ; secondary member of the fibro-vascular structure.
''[[Vein]]''. A [[branch]] of the evident [[woody]] framework of a [[leaf]] or similar organ; secondary member of the fibro-vascular structure.
''[[Veinlet]]''. A small or slender vein; nerve.
''[[Veinlet]]''. A small or slender vein; nerve.
''[[Ventral]]''. Front; relating to the anterior or inner face or part of an organ; opposite the back or dorsal part.
''[[Ventral]]''. Front; relating to the anterior or inner face or part of an organ; opposite the back or dorsal part.
''[[Vernation]]''. The disposition or arrangement of leaves in the bud.
''[[Vernation]]''. The disposition or arrangement of [[leaves]] in the [[bud]].
''[[Versatile]]''. Hung or attached near the middle and usually moving freely, as an anther attached crosswise on the apex of filament and capable of turning.
''[[Versatile]]''. Hung or attached near the middle and usually moving freely, as an [[anther]] attached crosswise on the apex of [[filament]] and capable of turning.
''[[Verticil]]''. A whorl.
''[[Verticil]]''. A [[whorl]].
''[[Vesicle]]''. A little bladder or bladder-like cavity.
''[[Vesicle]]''. A little bladder or bladder-like cavity.
''[[Vexillary]]''. Pertaining to the vexillum, standard or banner of a papilionaceous flower.
''[[Vexillary]]''. Pertaining to the vexillum, standard or banner of a [[papilionaceous]] [[flower]].
''[[Villous]]''. Provided with long and soft, not matted, hairs; shaggy.
''[[Villous]]''. Provided with long and soft, not matted, hairs; shaggy.
''[[Vitta]]''. An oil-tube, as in the fruits of Umbelliferse.
''[[Vitta]]''. An oil-tube, as in the fruits of [[Umbelliferae]].
''[[Vittate]]''. With vitte; also striped lengthwise.
''[[Vittate]]''. With [[vitta]]e; also striped lengthwise.
''[[Volute]]''. Rolled up.
''[[Volute]]''. Rolled up.
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''[[Watersprout]]''. A strong rapid-growing adventitious shoot in a tree-top or bush or on a trunk.
''[[Watersprout]]''. A strong rapid-growing adventitious [[shoot]] in a [[tree]]-top or [[bush]] or on a [[trunk]].
''[[Whorl]]''. Three or more leaves or flowers at one node, in a circle.
''[[Whorl]]''. Three or more [[leaves]] or [[flower]]s at one [[node]], in a circle.
''[[Wing]]''. A thin dry or membranous expansion or flat extension or appendage of an organ; also the lateral petal of a papilionaceous flower.
''[[Wing]]''. A thin dry or membranous expansion or flat extension or appendage of an organ; also the lateral [[petal]] of a [[papilionaceous]] [[flower]].
''[[Woolly]]''. Provided with long, soft and more or less matted hairs; like wool; lanate.
''[[Woolly]]''. Provided with long, soft and more or less matted hairs; like wool; [[lanate]].
''[[Wort]]''. Old word for a plant or herb; now used only in combination, as mother-wort, spiderviort, liverwort.
''[[Wort]]''. Old word for a plant or [[herb]]; now used only in combination, as [[mother-wort]], [[spiderwort]], [[liverwort]].