Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Zoology A streak or band of color, as on the bill of a bird.
- noun Botany An oil tube in the fruit of certain plants, especially those in the parsley family.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A 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.
- noun One of the in-fulæ or lappets of a miter.
- noun In botany, an oil-tube, or receptacle for oil, found in the fruits of most Umbelliferæ.
- noun In zoöl., a band; a streak or stripe, as of color or tex- ture; a fascia.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) One of the oil tubes in the fruit of umbelliferous plants.
- noun (Zoöl.) A band, or stripe, of color.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology A longitudinal
stripe - noun botany An
oil tube in thefruit of someplants
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Arachu vitta sambar - Sheela from Delectable Victuals
RCI ~ TAMIL CUISINE ~ ROUNDUP Lakshmik 2007
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Arachu vitta sambar - Sheela from Delectable Victuals
Archive 2007-04-01 Lakshmik 2007
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However, when I want to make that coconut chutney, or 'arachu vitta sambhar' Sambhar with freshly ground masala or use it for a garnish, I like to have fresh grated coconut on hand.
Save the coconut! 2006
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However, when I want to make that coconut chutney, or 'arachu vitta sambhar' Sambhar with freshly ground masala or use it for a garnish, I like to have fresh grated coconut on hand.
Archive 2006-05-01 2006
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Chinna vengaya araichu vitta sambar... ahhhh, how I love that too!
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Nigra; capite testaceo apud oculos albido, fronte ochracea; antennis piceis basi rufescentibus; thorace vitta lata cana; abdomine fulvo, disco nigro cupreo; pedibus fulvis, femoribus anticis apice tibiisque anticis basi nigris; alis sublimpidis, fascia media lata postice abbreviata guttam limpidam subcostalem includente lineaque transversa exteriore nigricantibus; halteribus testaceis.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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_ Viridi-cinerea; capite testaceo, vittis tribus anticis nigris, oculis subpetiolatis; antennis nigris; thorace vittisquatuor purpureo-nigris, scutello cyaneo basi viridi, pectore fulvo; abdomine viridi-fulvo; pedibus nigris, femoribus basi luteis, tibiis luteo fasciatis; alis subcinereis, vitta costali nigricante interrupta lurida strigata, vena transversa discali fusco nebulosa; halteribus testaceis apice nigris.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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_ Nigro-viridis; capite piceo apud oculos albido; antennis rufescentibus; thorace vitta abdomineque fasciis cinereis; pedibus nigris; alis limpidis, vittis tribus nigris, prima postice abbreviata, secunda tertiaque latis; halteribus albidis.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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_ Cinerea; capite albido; antennarum articulo tertio albido apice nigro; thorace vitta fusca, scutello albido, abdomine nigro; pedibus albidis nigro fasciatis; alis albis, maculis plurimis nigricantibus ex parte confluentibus; halteribus albidis.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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_ Fulvus, latiusculus; antennarum articulo tertio piceo angusto lineari longissimo; abdomine vitta tenui nigricante; alis limpidis, costa vittaque postica fuscescentibus.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
super-kawy commented on the word vitta
1. Zoology A streak or band of color, as on the bill of a bird.
2. Botany An oil tube in the fruit of certain plants, such as the carrot or parsley.
vitate adj.
September 23, 2009