vitta

vit·ta

noun

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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vitta

noun

pl. -·tae

Biol. a band or streak of color
Bot. an oil-bearing canal in the pericarp of the fruits of some dicotyledonous plants, as of a plant of the umbel family

Origin of vitta

Modern Latin from L, headband, fillet, akin to viere, to tie, vitis, vine: see withe

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vitta

noun

pl. vit·tae,

Zoology A streak or band of color, as on the bill of a bird.
Botany An oil tube in the fruit of certain plants, especially those in the parsley family.

Origin of vitta

Latin headband, ribbon ; see wei- in Indo-European roots.

Related Forms:

vit′tate′
adjective

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Noun

(plural vittae)

(zoology) A longitudinal stripe
(botany) An oil tube in the fruit of some plants

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