A soil which has never been cultivated
Virgin soil: a soil which has never been cultivated.
Vitality (of seed): vitality is the ability to grow. Seed are of good vitality if a large per cent of them will sprout.
Weathering: the action of moisture, air, frost, etc. upon rocks.
Weed: a plant out of place. A wheat plant in a rose bed or a rose in the wheat field would be regarded as a weed, as would any plant growing in a place in which it is not wanted.
Wilt (of cotton): a disease of cotton in which the whole plant droops or wilts.
Withers: the ridge between the shoulder bones of a horse, at the base of the neck.
Yeast: a preparation containing the yeast plant used to make bread rise, etc.
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