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verbascifolius verbascum-leaved, <strong>with</strong> leaves like Mullien, Verbascum.<br />

verbasciformis resembling Mullien.<br />

Verbascum Verbas'cum (ver-BAS-kum) New Latin, from Latin, Mullein, probably a corruption of Barbascum, an<br />

ancient Latin name used by Pliny for some member of this genus.<br />

verben, verben-, -verbena Latin a sacred herb, sacred bough, from verbēna, verbēnae, often plural verbēnæ,<br />

feminine; or verbēnāca.<br />

Verbena Verbe'na (ver-BEE-na) New Latin, from Latin singular of verbena, verbenae f., sacred ceremonial<br />

boughs of laurel or olive or myrtle, a class of medicinal plants, or verbeneca, verbenecae f., vervain. Related to<br />

Latin verber rod, Greek rhabdos rod, rhamnos buckthorn and probably to Greek rhembein to whirl, Old High<br />

German werfan to throw.<br />

verbena, verbenae f. Latin noun, a leafy branch or twig from aromatic trees or shrubs used for religious or<br />

medicinal purposes.<br />

verbeneca, verbenecae f. Latin noun, vervain (plant)<br />

Verbenaceae Verbena'ceae (ver-ben-AY-see-ee) plants of the Vervain family, from the genus name, Verbena,<br />

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

verbenaceus resembling Verbena.<br />

verbenarum vervain (genitive plural?).<br />

Verbesina New Latin, modification (influenced by Verbena) of Italian dialect forbesina, Verbesina. No<br />

etymology in protologue; perhaps from genus name Verbena and Latin -ina, resemblance. (Compositae)<br />

verd-, verdan, verdi, verdur Old French green, as in verdure, partly from Latin viridant-, viridans, present<br />

participle of viridāre, from viridis green.<br />

verecundus -a -um verecun'da (ver-eh-KUN-da) modest, chaste, blushing, from verecundus, bashful, modest,<br />

shy, diffident; -cundus adjectival suffix indicating an aptitude or constant tendency. adv. verecunde.<br />

veret-, veretill-, veretr- Latin the private parts, penis, from Latin veretrum, the private parts.<br />

veri- Latin true, from vērus, true.<br />

veriloquium -i n. etymology<br />

veris vernal, of or pertaining to spring, from Latin ver, veris n. spring, see vernus -a -um, of spring, vernal.<br />

verm-, vermi-, vermis, -vermis Latin a worm, from vermis -is m. plural vermes, worm.<br />

vermicularis worm-shaped, worm-like.<br />

vermiculatu -a -ums vermicula'tus (ver-mik-yoo-LAY-tus) worm-like, worm-shaped, or a spiral form, from Latin<br />

vermiculāt-, participle stem of vermiculārī, from Pliny, from vermiculus, diminutive of vermis worm; vermilion<br />

colored(?) possibly from a rendering of late Latin vermiculus, or vermiculum, obselete reference to wool or yarn of<br />

a red or scarlet color, as in vermilion.<br />

vermiculus worm-shaped, worm-like, from Latin vermiculus -i m. little worm, the diminutive of vermis<br />

worm.<br />

vermifuge expelling worms from the intestines.<br />

vermitoxicus worm destroying.<br />

vermontanus of or from Vermont<br />

vern, vern-, verna Latin the spring, referring to spring, vernal; be gay, from vernus -a -um, of spring, vernal<br />

vernacul-, vernaculus Latin native, national, local, from vernaculus -a -um, of a slave born in the house; a<br />

native, from verna, a home-born slave.<br />

vernalis (ver-NAH-lis) vernal, of or pertaining to spring, flowering in spring , from Latin vernālis, from<br />

vernus pertaining to spring, from vēr spring.<br />

vernic- referring to varnish, from Medieval Latin vernicium, varnish.<br />

verniciferus -a -um varnish-bearing, yielding varnish.<br />

vernicifluus yielding varnish.<br />

vernicatus shiny, as though varnished<br />

verniciosus, vernicosus -a -um varnished, shiny as though varnished, Modern Latin vernicōsus, from<br />

Medieval Latin vernicium, varnish.<br />

vernix New Latin vernix, varnish, Medieval Latin vernicium and vernix (bernix), medieval Greek βερνίκη,<br />

bernike, modern Greek βερνίκι, berniki.<br />

vernus -a -um ver'nus (VER-nus) vernal, of spring, flowering in spring, from vernus pertaining to spring, from vēr<br />

spring.<br />

Vernonia (ver-NON-ee-a) New Latin, from William Vernon, died 1711, English botanist who collected in<br />

Maryland, and travelled in America seeking a good microbrew and a buxom barmaid, and New Latin –ia.<br />

(Compositae)

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