A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Vas, gen.sg. vasis (s.n.III), acc. sg. vasem, dat. sg. vasi, abl.sg. vase (NOTE the nom. plural is vasa,-orum as though it were a second declension noun (see note), acc. pl. vasa, dat. & abl. pl. vasibus: a vessel, a receptacle, container; duct; “a container for liquids, food, etc., vessel, utensil; applied to other forms of container; esp. to beehives [vas apum]; equipment, apparatus” (Glare); vas aeneum, a bell; vas musicorum, a musical instrument; in anatomy, a chamber or vessel of the body, esp. organs considered as containers: vas mulieris, female reproductuve tract.

[alga] Conferva instar vasorum capillarium divisa, a conferva divided as though it were a hairy container [i.e. receptacle; a vase].

Alga tenuioribus filamentosis & instar capillarium vasorum divisis segmentis (Dill.), an alga with thinner, filamentous segments and divided like a hairy [or furry] vessel [i.e. vase, receptacle].

- fasciculus vasorum, bundle of vessels.

- vasa laticis, lactiferous ducts [laticis = gen.sg. latex,-icis, juice].

- vasa fictilia, crockery; see fictilis,-e (adj.B).

- herbae elatae, vasis laticiferis instructae, caudice prorepente v. rhizomate crasso (B&H), tall herbs, provided with lactiferous ducts, with the caudex creeping forward or with a thick rhizome.

- herba glaberrima, paludosa, scapigera, vasis laticiferis destituta (B&H), a very hairless herb, of wet places, bearing scapes, destitute of latex-bearing ducts.

- vas medullosum, medullary vessel.

- vasa scalariformia, scalariform vessels.

- fasciculo vasorum unico in sectione litteram V simulante, with a single bundle of vessels in section resembling the letter V (Stearn 1983).

- His alimentum subministratur à vasis per longitudinem partis crassioris sìliquae protensis, quorum ramuli in placentam influunt tenero fructui adhaerescentem (Tourn.), under these [sc. valves] nourishment is served from along the length of the vessel [i.e. duct] stretched out of the thicker part of the silique, the little branches of which press into the placenta adhering to the tender fruit. NOTE: ‘vasis’ here appears to be abl.pl.

- [thyme] non minoris etiam usus est ad conciliandam odoris gratiam iis vasis quibus conditae uvae asservari solent (Ray), no less also is its use for uniting the agreeableness of odor with those vessels [i.e. containers] in which it is customary for preserved grapes to be stored up.

- [Roccella] praeparant vero illam hic modo. Plantam in pulverem adeo tenuem reducunt, ut per cerniculum facillime trajiciatur; deinde vetere maris urina (nam mulieris perniciosa habetur) leviter illam irrorant vase ligneo contentam, & semel in die [sic] agitant (Mich.); furthermore they prepare that in this way. They reduce it so much into a fine powder, that it might be easily passed through a seive; then that is lightly sprinkled with the old [i.e. stale] urine of a man (for that of a woman is considered harmful) contained in a wooden vessel, and agitated once a day.

Vas annulare, abl.sg. vase annulari (vas, vasis (s.n.III) ‘vessel, duct’), annular vessel: annular duct, annular vessel “one in which the secondary thickening has taken place in the form of rings” (Jackson), also ductus annularis, abl.sg. ductu annulari (ductus,-us (s.m.IV), ‘duct’), annular duct.

Vasa (nom. pl.) “the tubes which occur in the interior of plants; and serve for the conveyance of sap or air.

Vasa contracta, V. expansa, V. laticis, V. propria, V. opophora, are names given to the milk vessels of cinenchyma, q.v.;

Vasa adducentia, V. spiralia, V. pneumatochymifera, V. chymifera, V. hydrogera, V. spiroidea, are spiral vessels;

spiral vessels: “ducts having markings in a spiral form” (Jackson).

Adducentia (vasa). “(obsol.) the spiral threads of spiral vessels, which threads were thought by Hedwig to be sap-vessels” (Lindley).

Vasa exhalantia (nom.pl.n.), abl. pl. vasis exhalantibus [> L. vas, gen.sg. vasis (s.n.III), q.v., a vessel] “(obsol.) imaginary vessels found in the epidermis. They are in reality the sides of confluent cells” (Lindley); = stomates (Lindly).

Vasa lineata, V. scalariformia, V. annulata, V. mixta, V. moniliformia, are modified spiral vessels, or ducts;

Vasa prorosa, V. punctata, are the dotted vessels which constitute bothrenchyma, q.v..

Vasa exhalantia (“(obsol.): the stomates” (Lindley).

Vasa lineata (part.A): “(obsol.) vessels marked by transverse lines, such as the annular, scariform, and other forms of the duct” (Lindley).

Vasa lymphatica (adj.A): lymphatic ducts, or sap-vessels; see lymphaticus,-a,-um (adj.A).

Vas (gen.sg. vasis (s.n.III) porosum, V. punctatum, abl. pl. vasibus porosis, vasibus punctatis “are the dotted vessels which constitute bothrenchyma” (Lindley); see vas, vasis (s.n.III), see -enchyma,-atis (s.n.III).

Vasa propria, “sieve-tubes or thin-walled tubular cells of the phloem” (Jackson).

Vasa punctata, abl. pl. vasis punctatis: “dotted vessels” (Jackson).

Vasa scalariformia (adj.B), abl.sg. vasibus scalariformibus: “scalariform duct, scalariform vessel “a vessel having scariform [i.e. ladder-like] markings, as in many Ferns” (Jackson).

Vasa (pl.n.III) terebinthinacea (adj.A) or terebinthina (adj.A), abl. pl. vasibus terebinthinaceis or terebinthinis [> L. vas, gen.sg. vasis (s.n.III), vessel], “turpentine vessels, tubes formed in the interstices of tissue, into which turpentine, or such secretions, are naturally drained during the growth of a plant. They are common in Conifers” (Lindley).

Vasiform tissue: “ducts; tubes having the appearance of spiral vessels, and bothrenchyma” (Lindley).

NOTE: vasum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. vaso was also present, classically, as a “vessel, dish, utensil, implement of any kind” (Lewis & Short), an implement for supporting anything.

Fusarium vasinfectum, a fungus causing wilting disease wherein plant tissues lose turgor pressure.