Vitta definition
The definition of a vitta is a stripe or line of a color or an oil tube in the fruit of certain plants such as parsley, turnip and carrot.
An example of a vitta is a blue streak on a bird's bill.
An example of a vitta is an place on a carrot where oil can collect.
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(zoology) A streak or band of color, as on the bill of a bird.
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(botany) An oil tube in the fruit of certain plants, especially those in the parsley family.
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(biol.) A band or streak of color.
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(bot.) An oil-bearing canal in the pericarp of the fruits of some dicotyledonous plants, as of a plant of the umbel family.
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Noun
Singular:
vitta
Plural:
vittaeOrigin of vitta
- Latin headband, ribbon wei- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition