vitis

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vitis - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Vitis \Vi"tis\, prop. n. [L., a vine.] (Bot.)
     A genus of plants including all true grapevines.
     [1913 Webster]

vitis - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Vitis
      n 1: the type genus of the family Vitaceae; woody vines with
           simple leaves and small flowers; includes a wide variety of
           grapes [syn: Vitis, genus Vitis]