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   Vaccinium
         n 1: evergreen or deciduous berry-bearing shrubs of northern
               hemisphere: cranberries; blueberries [syn: {Vaccinium},
               {genus Vaccinium}]

English Dictionary: Vigna angularis by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vaccinium angustifolium
n
  1. low-growing deciduous shrub of northeastern North America having flowers in compact racemes and bearing sweet dark blue berries
    Synonym(s): low-bush blueberry, low blueberry, Vaccinium angustifolium, Vaccinium pennsylvanicum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vaccinium arboreum
n
  1. shrub or small tree of eastern United States having black inedible berries
    Synonym(s): farkleberry, sparkleberry, Vaccinium arboreum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vaccinium ashei
n
  1. shrub of southeastern United States grown commercially especially for canning industry
    Synonym(s): rabbiteye blueberry, rabbit-eye blueberry, rabbiteye, Vaccinium ashei
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vaccinium caespitosum
n
  1. low-growing tufted deciduous shrub of northern and alpine North America having pink to coral-red flowers followed by sweet blue berries
    Synonym(s): dwarf bilberry, dwarf blueberry, Vaccinium caespitosum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vaccinium corymbosum
n
  1. high-growing deciduous shrub of eastern North America bearing edible blueish to blackish berries with a distinct bloom; source of most cultivated blueberries
    Synonym(s): high- bush blueberry, tall bilberry, swamp blueberry, Vaccinium corymbosum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vaccinium macrocarpon
n
  1. trailing red-fruited plant [syn: American cranberry, large cranberry, Vaccinium macrocarpon]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vaccinium myrsinites
n
  1. shrub of the eastern United States having shining evergreen leaves and bluish-black fruit
    Synonym(s): evergreen blueberry, Vaccinium myrsinites
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vaccinium ovatum
n
  1. stiff bushy evergreen shrub of western North America having sour black berries and glossy green foliage used in floral arrangements
    Synonym(s): evergreen huckleberry, Vaccinium ovatum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vaccinium oxycoccus
n
  1. small red-fruited trailing cranberry of Arctic and cool regions of the northern hemisphere
    Synonym(s): European cranberry, small cranberry, Vaccinium oxycoccus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vaccinium pallidum
n
  1. low deciduous shrub of the eastern United States bearing dark blue sweet berries
    Synonym(s): dryland blueberry, dryland berry, Vaccinium pallidum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vaccinium pennsylvanicum
n
  1. low-growing deciduous shrub of northeastern North America having flowers in compact racemes and bearing sweet dark blue berries
    Synonym(s): low-bush blueberry, low blueberry, Vaccinium angustifolium, Vaccinium pennsylvanicum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vaccinium scoparium
n
  1. shrub of northwestern North America bearing red berries
    Synonym(s): grouseberry, grouse-berry, grouse whortleberry, Vaccinium scoparium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vaccinium stamineum
n
  1. small branching blueberry common in marshy areas of the eastern United States having greenish or yellowish unpalatable berries reputedly eaten by deer
    Synonym(s): deerberry, squaw huckleberry, Vaccinium stamineum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vaccinium uliginosum alpinum
n
  1. an evergreen shrub with leathery leaves [syn: {bog bilberry}, bog whortleberry, moor berry, Vaccinium uliginosum alpinum]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vaccinium vitis-idaea
n
  1. low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
    Synonym(s): cowberry, mountain cranberry, lingonberry, lingenberry, lingberry, foxberry, Vaccinium vitis- idaea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vaccinum
n
  1. immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies
    Synonym(s): vaccine, vaccinum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
n
  1. Spanish explorer who in 1513 crossed the Isthmus of Darien and became the first European to see the eastern shores of the Pacific Ocean (1475-1519)
    Synonym(s): Balboa, Vasco Nunez de Balboa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Viccinium membranaceum
n
  1. erect blueberry of western United States having solitary flowers and somewhat sour berries
    Synonym(s): bilberry, thin- leaved bilberry, mountain blue berry, Viccinium membranaceum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Viccinium myrtillus
n
  1. erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue- black berries
    Synonym(s): bilberry, whortleberry, whinberry, blaeberry, Viccinium myrtillus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vigna angularis
n
  1. bushy annual widely grown in China and Japan for the flour made from its seeds
    Synonym(s): adzuki bean, adsuki bean, Vigna angularis, Phaseolus angularis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vigna unguiculata
n
  1. sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure
    Synonym(s): cowpea, cowpea plant, black-eyed pea, Vigna unguiculata, Vigna sinensis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis
n
  1. South American bean having very long succulent pods [syn: asparagus bean, yard-long bean, Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis, Vigna sesquipedalis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vox humana
n
  1. an organ reed stop producing tones imitative of the human voice
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bluets \Blu"ets\, n. [F. bluet, bleuet, dim. of bleu blue. See
      {Blue}, a.] (Bot.)
      A name given to several different species of plants having
      blue flowers, as the {Houstonia c[d2]rulea}, the {Centaurea
      cyanus} or bluebottle, and the {Vaccinium angustifolium}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bilberry \Bil"ber*ry\, n.; pl. {Bilberries}. [Cf. Dan.
      b[94]lleb[91]r bilberry, where b[94]lle is perh. akin to E.
      ball.]
      1. (Bot.) The European whortleberry ({Vaccinium myrtillus});
            also, its edible bluish black fruit.
  
                     There pinch the maids as blue as bilberry. --Shak.
  
      2. (Bot.) Any similar plant or its fruit; esp., in America,
            the species {Vaccinium myrtilloides}, {V. c[91]spitosum}
            and {V. uliginosum}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whortleberry \Whor"tle*ber`ry\, n. [AS. wyrtil a small shrub
      (dim. of wyrt wort) + E. berry. See {Wort}, and cf.
      {Huckleberry}, {Hurtleberry}.] (Bot.)
      (a) In England, the fruit of {Vaccinium Myrtillus}; also, the
            plant itself. See {Bilberry}, 1.
      (b) The fruit of several shrubby plants of the genus
            {Gaylussacia}; also, any one of these plants. See
            {Huckleberry}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bilberry \Bil"ber*ry\, n.; pl. {Bilberries}. [Cf. Dan.
      b[94]lleb[91]r bilberry, where b[94]lle is perh. akin to E.
      ball.]
      1. (Bot.) The European whortleberry ({Vaccinium myrtillus});
            also, its edible bluish black fruit.
  
                     There pinch the maids as blue as bilberry. --Shak.
  
      2. (Bot.) Any similar plant or its fruit; esp., in America,
            the species {Vaccinium myrtilloides}, {V. c[91]spitosum}
            and {V. uliginosum}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whortleberry \Whor"tle*ber`ry\, n. [AS. wyrtil a small shrub
      (dim. of wyrt wort) + E. berry. See {Wort}, and cf.
      {Huckleberry}, {Hurtleberry}.] (Bot.)
      (a) In England, the fruit of {Vaccinium Myrtillus}; also, the
            plant itself. See {Bilberry}, 1.
      (b) The fruit of several shrubby plants of the genus
            {Gaylussacia}; also, any one of these plants. See
            {Huckleberry}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bilberry \Bil"ber*ry\, n.; pl. {Bilberries}. [Cf. Dan.
      b[94]lleb[91]r bilberry, where b[94]lle is perh. akin to E.
      ball.]
      1. (Bot.) The European whortleberry ({Vaccinium myrtillus});
            also, its edible bluish black fruit.
  
                     There pinch the maids as blue as bilberry. --Shak.
  
      2. (Bot.) Any similar plant or its fruit; esp., in America,
            the species {Vaccinium myrtilloides}, {V. c[91]spitosum}
            and {V. uliginosum}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Moss \Moss\, n. [OE. mos; akin to AS. me[a2]s, D. mos, G. moos,
      OHG. mos, mios, Icel. mosi, Dan. mos, Sw. mossa, Russ. mokh',
      L. muscus. Cf. {Muscoid}.]
      1. (Bot.) A cryptogamous plant of a cellular structure, with
            distinct stem and simple leaves. The fruit is a small
            capsule usually opening by an apical lid, and so
            discharging the spores. There are many species,
            collectively termed Musci, growing on the earth, on rocks,
            and trunks of trees, etc., and a few in running water.
  
      Note: The term moss is also popularly applied to many other
               small cryptogamic plants, particularly lichens, species
               of which are called tree moss, rock moss, coral moss,
               etc. Fir moss and club moss are of the genus
               {Lycopodium}. See {Club moss}, under {Club}, and
               {Lycopodium}.
  
      2. A bog; a morass; a place containing peat; as, the mosses
            of the Scottish border.
  
      Note: Moss is used with participles in the composition of
               words which need no special explanation; as,
               moss-capped, moss-clad, moss-covered, moss-grown, etc.
  
      {Black moss}. See under {Black}, and {Tillandsia}.
  
      {Bog moss}. See {Sphagnum}.
  
      {Feather moss}, any moss branched in a feathery manner, esp.
            several species of the genus {Hypnum}.
  
      {Florida moss}, {Long moss}, [or] {Spanish moss}. See
            {Tillandsia}.
  
      {Iceland moss}, a lichen. See {Iceland Moss}.
  
      {Irish moss}, a seaweed. See {Carrageen}.
  
      {Moss agate} (Min.), a variety of agate, containing brown,
            black, or green mosslike or dendritic markings, due in
            part to oxide of manganese. Called also {Mocha stone}.
  
      {Moss animal} (Zo[94]l.), a bryozoan.
  
      {Moss berry} (Bot.), the small cranberry ({Vaccinium
            Oxycoccus}).
  
      {Moss campion} (Bot.), a kind of mosslike catchfly ({Silene
            acaulis}), with mostly purplish flowers, found on the
            highest mountains of Europe and America, and within the
            Arctic circle.
  
      {Moss land}, land produced accumulation of aquatic plants,
            forming peat bogs of more or less consistency, as the
            water is grained off or retained in its pores.
  
      {Moss pink} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Phlox} ({P.
            subulata}), growing in patches on dry rocky hills in the
            Middle United States, and often cultivated for its
            handsome flowers. --Gray.
  
      {Moss rose} (Bot.), a variety of rose having a mosslike
            growth on the stalk and calyx. It is said to be derived
            from the Provence rose.
  
      {Moss rush} (Bot.), a rush of the genus {Juncus} ({J.
            squarrosus}).
  
      {Scale moss}. See {Hepatica}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bogberry \Bog"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
      The small cranberry ({Vaccinium oxycoccus}), which grows in
      boggy places.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Moss \Moss\, n. [OE. mos; akin to AS. me[a2]s, D. mos, G. moos,
      OHG. mos, mios, Icel. mosi, Dan. mos, Sw. mossa, Russ. mokh',
      L. muscus. Cf. {Muscoid}.]
      1. (Bot.) A cryptogamous plant of a cellular structure, with
            distinct stem and simple leaves. The fruit is a small
            capsule usually opening by an apical lid, and so
            discharging the spores. There are many species,
            collectively termed Musci, growing on the earth, on rocks,
            and trunks of trees, etc., and a few in running water.
  
      Note: The term moss is also popularly applied to many other
               small cryptogamic plants, particularly lichens, species
               of which are called tree moss, rock moss, coral moss,
               etc. Fir moss and club moss are of the genus
               {Lycopodium}. See {Club moss}, under {Club}, and
               {Lycopodium}.
  
      2. A bog; a morass; a place containing peat; as, the mosses
            of the Scottish border.
  
      Note: Moss is used with participles in the composition of
               words which need no special explanation; as,
               moss-capped, moss-clad, moss-covered, moss-grown, etc.
  
      {Black moss}. See under {Black}, and {Tillandsia}.
  
      {Bog moss}. See {Sphagnum}.
  
      {Feather moss}, any moss branched in a feathery manner, esp.
            several species of the genus {Hypnum}.
  
      {Florida moss}, {Long moss}, [or] {Spanish moss}. See
            {Tillandsia}.
  
      {Iceland moss}, a lichen. See {Iceland Moss}.
  
      {Irish moss}, a seaweed. See {Carrageen}.
  
      {Moss agate} (Min.), a variety of agate, containing brown,
            black, or green mosslike or dendritic markings, due in
            part to oxide of manganese. Called also {Mocha stone}.
  
      {Moss animal} (Zo[94]l.), a bryozoan.
  
      {Moss berry} (Bot.), the small cranberry ({Vaccinium
            Oxycoccus}).
  
      {Moss campion} (Bot.), a kind of mosslike catchfly ({Silene
            acaulis}), with mostly purplish flowers, found on the
            highest mountains of Europe and America, and within the
            Arctic circle.
  
      {Moss land}, land produced accumulation of aquatic plants,
            forming peat bogs of more or less consistency, as the
            water is grained off or retained in its pores.
  
      {Moss pink} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Phlox} ({P.
            subulata}), growing in patches on dry rocky hills in the
            Middle United States, and often cultivated for its
            handsome flowers. --Gray.
  
      {Moss rose} (Bot.), a variety of rose having a mosslike
            growth on the stalk and calyx. It is said to be derived
            from the Provence rose.
  
      {Moss rush} (Bot.), a rush of the genus {Juncus} ({J.
            squarrosus}).
  
      {Scale moss}. See {Hepatica}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bogberry \Bog"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
      The small cranberry ({Vaccinium oxycoccus}), which grows in
      boggy places.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Deerberry \Deer"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
      A shrub of the blueberry group ({Vaccinium stamineum}); also,
      its bitter, greenish white berry; -- called also {squaw
      huckleberry}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vaginant \Vag"i*nant\, a. [Cf. F. vaginant. See {Vagina}.]
      Serving to in invest, or sheathe; sheathing.
  
      {Vaginant leaf} (Bot.), a leaf investing the stem or branch
            by its base, which has the form of a tube.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vaginant \Vag"i*nant\, a. [Cf. F. vaginant. See {Vagina}.]
      Serving to in invest, or sheathe; sheathing.
  
      {Vaginant leaf} (Bot.), a leaf investing the stem or branch
            by its base, which has the form of a tube.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Viceman \Vice"man\, n.; pl. {Vicemen}.
      A smith who works at the vice instead of at the anvil.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Viceman \Vice"man\, n.; pl. {Vicemen}.
      A smith who works at the vice instead of at the anvil.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vision \Vi"sion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Visioned}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Visioning}.]
      To see in a vision; to dream.
  
               For them no visioned terrors daunt, Their nights no
               fancied specters haunt.                           --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Visnomy \Vis"no*my\, n. [Contr. fr. physiognomy.]
      Face; countenance. [Colloq.] --Spenser. Lamb.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vouchment \Vouch"ment\, n.
      A solemn assertion. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Vox \[d8]Vox\, n. [L. See {Voice}.]
      A voice.
  
      {Vox humana}[L., human voice] (Mus.), a reed stop in an
            organ, made to imitate the human voice.
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