a tall European perennial grass having a velvety stem
velvetleaf
Noun
tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber
velvetleaf
Noun
arborescent perennial shrub having palmately lobed furry leaves and showy red-purple flowers
velvet-leaf
Noun
tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber
velvet-leaf
Noun
arborescent perennial shrub having palmately lobed furry leaves and showy red-purple flowers
velvetweed
Noun
a tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber
vegetable sponge
Noun
a loofah climber that has cylindrical fruit
valley oak
Noun
tall graceful deciduous California oak having leathery leaves and slender pointed acorns
valley white oak
Noun
a tall graceful deciduous California oak having leathery leaves and slender pointed acorns
vine cactus
Noun
a desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers
vernal iris
Noun
a low-growing spring-flowering American iris with bright blue-lilac flowers
velvet bean
Noun
the annual woody vine of Asia having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy pods
vetch
Noun
any of various climbing plants of the genus Vicia having pinnately compound leaves that terminate in tendrils and small variously colored flowers
vegetable hummingbird
Noun
a softwood tree with lax racemes of usually red or pink flowers
vegetable ivory
Noun
a nutlike seed of a South American palm
violet wood sorrel
Noun
a perennial herb of eastern North America with palmately compound leaves and usually rose-purple flowers
velvet osier
Noun
a willow with long flexible twigs used in basketry
vine maple
Noun
a small maple of northwestern North America having prostrate stems that root freely and form dense thickets
vinegar tree
Noun
common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with waxy compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries
vinegar tree
Noun
deciduous shrubby tree or eastern North America with compound leaves that turn brilliant red in fall and dense panicles of greenish yellow flowers followed by crimson acidic berries
varnish tree
Noun
small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained
varnish tree
Noun
large tree native to southeastern Asia
velvet sumac
Noun
a deciduous shrubby tree or eastern North America with compound leaves that turn brilliant red in fall and dense panicles of greenish yellow flowers followed by crimson acidic berries
violet suksdorfia
Noun
a slender delicate plant with wide roundish deeply lobed leaves and deep pink to violet funnel-shaped flowers
viper's bugloss
Noun
a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers
vinegarweed
Noun
an aromatic plant of western United States
vervain sage
Noun
a Eurasian sage with blue flowers and foliage like verbena
veronica
Noun
any plant of the genus Veronica
verbena family
Noun
family of New World tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and trees
verbena
Noun
any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers
vervain
Noun
any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers
valerian
Noun
a plant of the genus Valeriana having lobed or dissected leaves and cymose white or pink flowers
viscid mushroom
Noun
one of the most important fungi cultivated in Japan
vine
Noun
a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
vascular plant
Noun
green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms
vascular tissue
Noun
tissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plants
vascular bundle
Noun
a unit strand of the vascular system in stems and leaves of higher plants consisting essentially of xylem and phloem
vascular strand
Noun
a unit strand of the vascular system in stems and leaves of higher plants consisting essentially of xylem and phloem
vascular ray
Noun
a sheet of vascular tissue separating the vascular bundles
vinifera
Noun
a common European grape cultivated in many varieties
variegated horsetail
Noun
northern North America
vigorish
Noun
a percentage of winnings, loot or profit taken by an operator or gangster
vigorish
Noun
an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest
vig
Noun
a percentage of winnings, loot or profit taken by an operator or gangster
vig
Noun
an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest
venture capital
Noun
wealth available for investment in new or speculative enterprises
VAT
Noun
a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production
value-added tax
Noun
a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production
valuation reserve
Noun
a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets
valuation account
Noun
a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets