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Squaw vine (Mitchella repens): Relieves painful menstruation, helps prevent miscarriage, used during the last few weeks of pregnancy to aid childbirth.

Squawk: A four-digit number dialed into his transponder by a pilot to identify his aircraft to air traffic controllers

Vinered: Developed and released in 1964 by the Vineland Horticutural Research Station at Vineland, Ontario, Canada. Reported to be a Brockton x Self clonal crossing. Fruit clusters are large-very lar . . . View Full Definition

Vinery: Another term for filigree work in medieval manuscripts. Scott defines this type of decoration in the following manner: Delicate, conventional designs, usually in gold, on a flat coloured sur . . . View Full Definition

Vinework: Another term for filigree work in medieval manuscripts. Scott describes this common type of decoration in the following manner: Delicate, conventional designs, usually in gold, on a flat col . . . View Full Definition

Queen Of The Vineyard: (See Perle von Csaba above).

Madeleine Angevine: Also known as Madeline Angevine. Cool region table grape cross used for Riesling-type white table wine production in the United Kingdom and Germany. It is a cross between Madeleine Royale an . . . View Full Definition

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE): Commonly known as 'mad cow disease,' BSE is a slowly progressive, incurable disease affecting the central nervous system of cattle, first diagnosed in Britain in 1986. Consumption by cattle . . . View Full Definition

Bovine Somatotropin (Bst): Also called bovine growth hormone, bst is a naturally occurring protein that has been genetically engineered as a synthetic compound (now manufactured in large quantities and commercially av . . . View Full Definition

Bovine Tuberculosis: A highly contagious disease of cattle that causes severe economic losses, especially in dairy herds. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service quarantines infected herds and works with . . . View Full Definition