vīˈtāsēˌē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Vitis, type genus + -aceae
: a family of woody or herbaceous vines (order Rhamnales) having simple, palmate, or pinnate leaves, usually tendril-bearing stems, and small greenish clustered flowers succeeded by a several-seeded berry — see cissus , parthenocissus , vitis
• vi·ta·ceous (ˈ)vī|tāshəs adjective