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vitta (vit′ə)

noun pl. vittae -·tae (-ē)

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

Etymology: ModL < L, headband, fillet, akin to viere, to tie, vitis, vine: see withe

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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