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vitta

American  
[vit-uh] / ˈvɪt ə /

noun

plural

vittae
  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.


vitta British  
/ ˈvɪtə /

noun

  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

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Other Word Forms

  • vittate adjective

Etymology

Origin of vitta

1685–95; < Latin: ribbon, fillet, akin to viēre to weave together

Example Sentences

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And the Illinois Basin, where Hallador mines its coal, “is probably at the moment the hardest-hit basin” in the country, according to Chiza Vitta, an analyst with S&P Global Ratings.

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“Assuming that those assets in Australia are not subject to the tariff,” Vitta said, “we do not expect this to have a significant direct impact.”

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Like many nations, China purchases a “notable amount” of met coal from U.S. firms such as coal giant Peabody, according to Chiza Vitta, a coal analyst at Standard & Poor's.

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“A few years ago when a lot of these major banks came out and said that they would no longer be supporting the sector, I think, a lot of people generalized in a major way,” said Chiza Vitta, an analyst at Standard & Poor’s.

From New York Times

“A lot of people conflate two primary things: the coal industry and coal jobs,” said Chiza B. Vitta, a coal analyst at Standard & Poor’s.

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