This term refers to the external genital organs on a woman It includes the labia (the "lips" around the opening of the vagina) and the clitoris (a small mass of tissue at the opening of the vagina that helps a woman achieve orgasm during sexual intercourse)
[ v&l-v& ] (noun.) circa 1577. From Latin vulva, earlier volva (“womb, female sexual organ”), probably from volvare (“to turn, wrap around”). Akin to Sanskrit (ulva, “womb”).