SINCE 1828
Vitis
noun
Vi·tis
| \ ˈvītə̇s\
Definition of Vitis
: 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
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