vitta

noun, plural vit·tae [vit-ee] /ˈvɪt i/.

1. Botany. a tube or receptacle for oil, occurring in the fruits of most plants of the parsley family.
2. Zoology, Botany. a streak or stripe, as of color.

noun plural -tae (-tiː)

1. any of numerous tubelike cavities containing oil or resin that occur in the fruits of certain plants, esp of parsley and other umbellifers
2. biology a band or stripe of colour