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Valerianaceae Valeriana'ceae (wal-air-ee-an-AY-see-ee) plants of the Valerian family, from the genus name,<br />

Valeriana , and -aceae, the standardized Latin suffix of plant family names.<br />

Valerianella New Latin, from Valeriana and -ella from valere, to be healthy, and -ella, Latin feminine<br />

diminutive suffix, a reference to the medicinal properties. (Valerianaceae)<br />

valerianella, valerianellae f. Latin noun, chew.<br />

valerianoides resembling Valerian.<br />

valetud-, valetudin-, valetudo, -valetudo Latin health, from valētūdo, valītūdo state of health, from valēre to<br />

be well or strong.<br />

valg- Latin bow-legged, from valgus bandy-legged.<br />

valid-, valer- strong, true, from Latin validus strong, powerful, effective, from valēre to be strong, etc .<br />

valid-, validus -a -um val'idus (WAL-i-dus) Latin strong, robust, powerful, from Medieval Latin validus strong,<br />

from Latin valere to be strong<br />

vall- Latin a valley; a wall, rampart, from, vallis, a valley.<br />

valleculocus grooved.<br />

vallesiacus from the Swiss Canton Wallis or Valais.<br />

vallicolus -a -um vallico'lus (wal-i-KO-lus) growing in the valley.<br />

vallicul-, vallicula, -vallicula Latin a furrow, from Late Latin vallecula, variation of Latin vallicula,<br />

dimutive of vallēs, vallis valley.<br />

vallis-mortae val'lis-mor'tae (classically WAL-lis -- MORT-ee or VAL-lis -- MORT-ee)<br />

Vallisneria New Latin, from Antonio Vallisnieri 1661-1730 Italian naturalist and botanist and New Latin –ia.<br />

vallonius from the Walloons, a people of south Belgium.<br />

valv-, valva, -valva Latin a folding door; a valve, from valva leaf of a door, usually plural valvæ a folding<br />

door.<br />

valvaceus furnished <strong>with</strong> a valve.<br />

valvatus opening by doors or valves.<br />

vampyr Russian a vampire, from French vampire, adjective Magyar vampir, a word of Slavonic origin<br />

occurring in the same form in Russian, Polish, Czech, Serbian, and Bulgarian, <strong>with</strong> such variants as Bulgarian<br />

vapir, vepir, Ruthen. vepyr, vopyr, opyr, Russian upir, upyr, Polish upior; Miklosich suggests north Turkish<br />

uber witch, as a possible source. Cf. German vampir, vampyr, Danish, Swedish vampyr, Dutch vampir, Italian,<br />

Spanish, Portoguese, vampiro, modern Latin vampyrus.<br />

van-, vani Latin empty, from vanitas, lit. vanity, emptyness, from vānus empty, insubstantial.<br />

Vancouveria for George Vancouver (1757-1798), English navigator and explorer<br />

vancouveriensis from the island of Vancouver.<br />

vandarum of vanda, an orchid<br />

vanescen Latin vanishing, from vānescĕre to vanish, from vānus empty, insubstantial.<br />

vanessae vanes'sae (van-NESS-ee)<br />

vanhouttei for Loius Van Houtte (1810-1876), Belgian nurseryman<br />

Vanilla from Spanish vainilla, little pod or capsule, referring to long, podlike fruits.<br />

vann, vannus a fan, from Latin vannus.<br />

vapid insipid, tasteless, spoiled, from Latin vapid-us savourless, insipid.<br />

vapor, vapori steam, vapor, from Latin vapōr-, vapor steam.<br />

var- bent, from Latin vārus, bent.<br />

varan-, varani Arabic a monitor lizard<br />

vari-, varia, vario var'ia (WARE-ee-a) change; variegated, mottled, from Latin vari-us changing, different,<br />

diverse, variegated.<br />

vari, varic, varix, -varix a swollen vein, from the Latin stem varic-,or varicem, varic, varicis, a varicose vein.<br />

variabilis -is -e variab'ilis (ware-ee-AB-il-is) variable, changeable, nonconstant in appearance, from Latin<br />

variābilis, from variāre to change, vary.<br />

varians variable, from Latin variābilis, from variāre to vary; changeable in color or in form.<br />

variatus variable, from Latin variābilis, from variāre to vary.<br />

varicolor, varicolorous colory, of two or more colors.<br />

varicosus varicose, from Latin varicōs-us, from varic-, varix; full of dilated veins, swollen at intervals.<br />

variegat-, variegatus -a -um variega'tus (ware-ee-a-GAY-tus) Latin marked variously, variegated; irregularly<br />

colored, colored in stripes or patches.<br />

variifolius -a -um variable-leaved, <strong>with</strong> variable leaves, <strong>with</strong> leaves of varying color.<br />

variiformis of variable forms

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