VITTA


Meaning of VITTA in English

/vit"euh/ , n. , pl. vittae /vit"ee/ .

1. Bot. a tube or receptacle for oil, occurring in the fruits of most plants of the parsley family.

2. Zool. , Bot. a streak or stripe, as of color.

[ 1685-95; viere to weave together ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .