Epithets
| viscida | sticky |
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| viscosa | sticky |
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| viticella | a little vine |
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| vivipara | bearing young alive |
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| viviparus | bearing young alive |
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| volubilis | twining |
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| vulgare | common |
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| vulgaris | common |
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| vulneraria | for healing wounds |
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| xanth- | prefix meaning "yellow" |
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| xylorhiza | woody root |
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| xylorrhiza | woody root |
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| yakushimanum | of or from Yakushima, an island in southern Japan |
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| yezoalpina | from (the mountains of) Hokkaido |
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| yezoensis | from (the mountains of) Hokkaido |
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| yuccifolium | having Yucca-like leaves |
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| yunnanense | of or from Yunnan, China |
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| zaleucus | very white |
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| zebrina | striped like a zebra |
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| zonalis | banded or girdled with a distinct color |