| vimen | <botany> A long, slender, flexible shoot or branch. Origin: L, a twig. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| vimentin | <protein> Intermediate filament protein (58 kD) found in mesodermally derived cells (including muscle). (18 Nov 1997) |
| vimentin kinase | <enzyme> 37 kD protein from bhk cells; phosphorylates vimentin at thr-457 and ser-458 in the c-terminal non-alpha-helical domain Registry number: EC 2.7.10.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| vimineous | 1. Of or pertaining to twigs; made of pliant twigs. "In the hive's vimineous dome." 2. <botany> Producing long, slender twigs or shoots. Origin: L. Vimineus, fr. Vimen pliant twig. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |