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- [vit-uh]
- /ˈvɪt ə/
- /vˈɪtə/
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- [vit-uh]
- /ˈvɪt ə/
Definitions of vitta word
- noun plural vitta Botany. a tube or receptacle for oil, occurring in the fruits of most plants of the parsley family. 1
- noun plural vitta Zoology, Botany. a streak or stripe, as of color. 1
- noun vitta any of numerous tubelike cavities containing oil or resin that occur in the fruits of certain plants, esp of parsley and other umbellifers 0
- noun vitta a band or stripe of colour 0
- noun vitta a band or streak of color 0
- noun vitta an oil-bearing canal in the pericarp of the fruits of some dicotyledonous plants, as of a plant of the umbel family 0
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Origin of vitta
First appearance:
before 1685 One of the 48% oldest English words
1685-95; < Latin: ribbon, fillet, akin to viēre to weave together
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Vitta
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
vitta popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 54% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.