Vasco Nunez de Balboa
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～ 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)
Vasco da Gamma
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～ Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497; he sighted and named Natal on Christmas Day before crossing the Indian Ocean (1469-1524)
vascular plant
— Noun
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～ green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms
vascular strand
— Noun
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～ a unit strand of the vascular system in stems and leaves of higher plants consisting essentially of xylem and phloem
vascular system
— Noun
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～ the vessels and tissue that carry or circulate fluids such as blood or lymph or sap through the body of an animal or plant
vascular ray
— Noun
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～ a sheet of vascular tissue separating the vascular bundles
vascular bundle
— Noun
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～ a unit strand of the vascular system in stems and leaves of higher plants consisting essentially of xylem and phloem
vascular structure
— Noun
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～ a structure composed of or provided with blood vessels
vascular hemophilia
— Noun
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～ a form of hemophilia discovered by Erik von Willebrand; a genetic disorder that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait; characterized by a deficiency of the coagulation factor and by mucosal bleeding
vascular spider
— Noun
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～ a dilation of superficial capillaries with a central red dot from which blood vessels radiate
vascular tissue
— Noun
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～ tissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plants
vascular
— Adjective
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～ of or relating to or having vessels that conduct and circulate fluids; "vascular constriction"; "a vascular bundle"
vascularisation
— Noun
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～ the organic process whereby body tissue becomes vascular and develops capillaries
vascularise
— Verb
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～ make vascular; "the yolk sac is gradually vascularized"
vascularise
— Verb
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～ become vascular and have vessels that circulate fluids; "The egg yolk vascularized"
vascularity
— Noun
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～ the property being vascular; "a prominent vascularity"
vascularization
— Noun
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～ the organic process whereby body tissue becomes vascular and develops capillaries
vascularize
— Verb
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～ make vascular; "the yolk sac is gradually vascularized"
vascularize
— Verb
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～ become vascular and have vessels that circulate fluids; "The egg yolk vascularized"