Vitis

noun

Vi·​tis

ˈvītə̇s

: a large genus (the type of the family Vitaceae) of woody vines having simple often lobed leaves and small polygamously dioecious flowers with the petals united in a cap that falls away entire from the hypogynous disk see grape sense 2

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin, vine

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