Definition of: vitta

(vit′ə) noun plural vit·tae (vit′ē)
1. A fillet or band for the head: specifically, a sacred or sacrificial headband or chaplet worn by brides, vestals, priests, poets, and sacrificial victims.
2. Bot. An oil tube; a tube or canal in the fruit of plants of the parsley family, containing an aromatic oil.
3. Zool. A band or stripe, as of color. [<L <viere plait]