||Vil"lus (?), n.; pl. Villi (#). [L., shaggy hair, a tuft of hair.] 1.
||(Anat.) One of the minute papillary processes on certain vascular
||membranes; a villosity; as, villi cover the lining of the small
||intestines of many animals and serve to increase the absorbing
||surface.
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2. pl. (Bot.) Fine hairs on plants, resembling the pile of velvet.
Vim (?), n. [L., accusative of vis strength.] Power; force; energy;
spirit; activity; vigor. [Colloq.]
||Vi"men (?), n. [L., a twig.] (Bot.) A long, slender, flexible shoot
||or branch.
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Vim"i*nal (?; 277), a. [L. viminalis pertaining to osiers, fr. vimen a
pliant twig, osier.] Of or pertaining to twigs; consisting of twigs;
producing twigs.
Vi*min"e*ous (?; 277), a. [L. vimineus, fr. vimen pliant twig.] 1. Of
or pertaining to twigs; made of pliant twigs. "In the hive's vimineous
dome." Prior.