vitta
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.
Origin of vitta
1Words Nearby vitta
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How to use vitta in a sentence
He laid a hand unsteady with its tremor of delight and young eagerness upon the vitta and it slipped off her hair.
The City of Delight | Elizabeth MillerShall I recommend my young friend to wrap up the heads of his Vestals in a vitta?
Gryll Grange | Thomas Love PeacockBack of the abdomen of the male with an interrupted black vitta down the middle.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. I (of 4) | William KirbyThe decorative designs of the villa of Evian adorn the vestibule of the home of Baron vitta.
Rodin: The Man and his Art | Judith Cladelvitta (plural vitt), the oil-tubes of the fruit of Umbellifer.
The Elements of Botany | Asa Gray
British Dictionary definitions for vitta
/ (ˈvɪtə) /
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
Origin of vitta
1Derived forms of vitta
- vittate, adjective
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