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vitta
[ vit-uh ]
noun
, plural vit·tae [vit, -ee].
- Botany. a tube or receptacle for oil, occurring in the fruits of most plants of the parsley family.
- Zoology, Botany. a streak or stripe, as of color.
vitta
/ ˈvɪtə /
noun
- any of numerous tubelike cavities containing oil or resin that occur in the fruits of certain plants, esp of parsley and other umbellifers
- biology a band or stripe of colour
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Derived Forms
- ˈvittate, adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of vitta1
1685–95; < Latin: ribbon, fillet, akin to viēre to weave together
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Word History and Origins
Origin of vitta1
C17: from Latin: headband; related to viēre to plait
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Example Sentences
He laid a hand unsteady with its tremor of delight and young eagerness upon the vitta and it slipped off her hair.
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Shall I recommend my young friend to wrap up the heads of his Vestals in a vitta?
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Back of the abdomen of the male with an interrupted black vitta down the middle.
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The decorative designs of the villa of Evian adorn the vestibule of the home of Baron Vitta.
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Vitta (plural vitt), the oil-tubes of the fruit of Umbellifer.
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