vitta
nounA streak or band of color, as on the bill of a bird.
nounAn oil tube in the fruit of certain plants, especially those in the parsley family.
nounA headband,fillet,or garland; specifically, among the ancient Greeks and Romans, a band or fillet used as a decoration of sacred persons or things, as of priests, victims, statues, and altars.
nounOne of the in-fulæ or lappets of a miter.
nounIn botany, an oil-tube, or receptacle for oil, found in the fruits of most Umbelliferæ.
nounIn zoöl., a band; a streak or stripe, as of color or tex- ture; a fascia.
nounOne of the oil tubes in the fruit of umbelliferous plants.
nounA band, or stripe, of color.
nounA longitudinal
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