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- English Word Velum Definition Curtain or covering; -- applied to various membranous partitions, especially to the soft palate. See under Palate.
- English Word Velum Definition See Veil, n., 3 (b).
- English Word Velum Definition A thin membrane surrounding the sporocarps of quillworts Isoetes).
- English Word Velum Definition A veil-like organ or part.
- English Word Velum Definition The circular membrane that partially incloses the space beneath the umbrella of hydroid medusae.
- English Word Velum Definition A delicate funnel-like membrane around the flagellum of certain Infusoria. See Illust. a of Protozoa.
- English Word Velure Definition Velvet.
- English Word Velutina Definition Any one of several species of marine gastropods belonging to Velutina and allied genera.
- English Word Velutinous Definition Having the surface covered with a fine and dense silky pubescence; velvety; as, a velutinous leaf.
- English Word Velverd Definition The veltfare.
- English Word Velveret Definition A kind of velvet having cotton back.
- English Word Velvet Definition A silk fabric, having a short, close nap of erect threads. Inferior qualities are made with a silk pile on a cotton or linen back.
- English Word Velvet Definition The soft and highly vascular deciduous skin which envelops and nourishes the antlers of deer during their rapid growth.
- English Word Velvet Definition Made of velvet; soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety.
- English Word Velvet Definition To pain velvet.
- English Word Velvet Definition To make like, or cover with, velvet.
- English Word Velvetbreast Definition The goosander.
- English Word Velveteen Definition A kind of cloth, usually cotton, made in imitation of velvet; cotton velvet.
- English Word Velveting Definition The fine shag or nap of velvet; a piece of velvet; velvet goods.
- English Word Velvetleaf Definition A name given to several plants which have soft, velvety leaves, as the Abutilon Avicennae, the Cissampelos Pareira, and the Lavatera arborea, and even the common mullein.