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prettygoodwordvittate (VIT-ayt) - adj., striped longitudinally; resembling a ribbon; (Bot.) having one or more vittae (tubelike cavities containing oil in the fruits of certain plants such as parsley and close relatives).
Which is not to say that ribbons are expected to be striped long their length, but rather that an animal so striped looks something like a collection of streaming ribbons. Or something like that. The root is Latin vittātus, bound with a fillet, from vitta, fillet/headband, from viēre, to plait.
---L.
Which is not to say that ribbons are expected to be striped long their length, but rather that an animal so striped looks something like a collection of streaming ribbons. Or something like that. The root is Latin vittātus, bound with a fillet, from vitta, fillet/headband, from viēre, to plait.
---L.
