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Merriam Webster's

noun (plural vittae) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, fillet; akin to Latin vi?re to plait — more at wire Date: 1819 1. stripe, streak 2. one of the oil tubes in the fruits of plants of the carrot family

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. vittae) 1 Bot. an oil-tube in the fruit of some plants. 2 Zool. a stripe of colour. Derivatives: vittate adj. Etymology: L, = band, chaplet

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Vitta Vit"ta, n.; pl. Vitt[ae]. [L. vitta ribbon, fillet.] 1. (Bot.) One of the oil tubes in the fruit of umbelliferous plants. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A band, or stripe, of color.