vellus, = wool shorn off, a fleece; wool, down; of light, fleecy clouds; of snow-flakes; of things made of wool, woollen bands or fillets;
phyton, = a plant, tree.
(ld, LS)

verbena, verbenae, = foliage, herbage, the leaves, twigs and branches of laurel, olive, or myrtle, cypress, tamarisk, sacred boughs.
(probably from the singular of the Latin verbenae, sacred boughs of olive, laurel and myrtle, used medicinally)
(ld, Le)

Probably honouring St. Veronica, the woman who handed Jesus her handkerchief while on the way to Calgary.
(Le)

vicia, = a vetch, name for a vetch largely used for silage or fodder; used by Virgil.
(Probably related to vincio, I bind – alluding to the clasping tendrils)
(ld, M, Le)

For Dominique Villars (1745-1814).**
(Ch)

viola, = the violet, the stock-gillyflower; a violet colour, violet.
(ld)

For Virgil, Publius Vergilius Maro (70 - 19 B.C.).**
(K3)

viscum, = the mistletoe (bird-lime made from the berries of the mistletoe).
Latin word for mistletoe and for the birdlime made from the berries.
(ld, Le)

For Johann Samuel Vulpius (1760-1846).**
(Ch)