Vert i cord i a (vertikordia)

[NL., to Venus.] A genus of plants, of the order Myr by five or ten calyx-lobes deeply divided into subulate taceæ and tribe Chamælaucieæ. It is characterized plumose or hair-like segments, and by ten stamens alternate with as many staminodes. The 40 species are all Australian. They are smooth heath-like shrubs with small entire opposite leaves. The white, pink, or yellow flowers are solitary in the upper axils, sometimes forming broad leafy corymbs, or terminal spikes. Some of the species are cultivated under gla , under the name of juniper myrtle. 2. [S. Wood, 1844.] In conch., the typical genus of Verticordiidæ. Verticordiidæ (vėr"ti-kôr-di'i-dē), n. pl. [ vertiginate (ver-tij'i-nāt), a. [ the changing year, he who turns or changes himself, An old spelling of virtuous . an oblong rounded projection on the floor of the prostatic section of the urethra: same as crista urethræ (which see, under crista). verucoust, a. A bad spelling of verrucous. Verulamian (ver-ö-lā'mi-an), a. [ A temper well fitted for the reception of the Verula mian doctrine. Macaulay , Hist. Eng., iii. veruled (ver'öld), a . [ verule - s + -ed2.] In her ., ringed: noting a hunting-horn or similar bearing when the rings around it are of a different tincture from the rest. Also virolé , viroled. very vervain (ver'vān), n. [Formerly also vervaine, verveine, vervine, vervin; white flowers. IMG:content-1806.png:[blocks in formation] And thou, light vervain too, thou must go after, Provoking easy souls to mirth and laughter. Fletcher, Faithful Shepherde , ii. 2. Bastard or false vervain. See Stachytarpheta. - Stinking vervain. See stink.