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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Vitis \Vi"tis\, n. [L., a vine.] (Bot.) A genus of plants including all true grapevines.
Wikipedia
Vitis (grapevines) is a genus of 79 accepted species of vining plants in the flowering plant family Vitaceae. The genus is made up of species predominantly from the Northern hemisphere. It is economically important as the source of grapes, both for direct consumption of the fruit and for fermentation to produce wine. The study and cultivation of grapevines is called viticulture.
Most Vitis varieties are wind-pollinated with hermaphroditic flowers containing both male and female reproductive structures. These flowers are grouped in bunches called inflorescences. In many species, such as Vitis vinifera, each successfully pollinated flower becomes a grape berry with the inflorescence turning into a cluster of grapes. While the flowers of the grapevines are usually very small, the berries are often big and brightly colored with sweet flavors that attract birds and other animals to disperse the seeds contained within the berries.
Grapevines usually only produce fruit on shoots that came from buds that were developed during the previous growing season. In viticulture, this is one of the principles behind pruning the previous year's growth (or "One year old wood") that includes shoots that have turned hard and woody during the winter (after harvest in commercial viticulture). These vines will be pruned either into a cane which will support 8 to 15 buds or to a smaller spur which holds 2 to 3 buds.
Vitis is a genus of about 60 species of plants in the flowering plant family Vitaceae
Vitis can also refer to:
- vine staff, the centurion's rod used for discipline in the Roman army
- Vitis, Austria
- Vitis, Peru and Vitis District, a town and a district of the province Yauyos
- VITIS, or the Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts, in Sofia, Bulgaria
Usage examples of "vitis".
Pete,” he said, “but you lave been trapped by an unusually vicious specimen of vitis Vinifera.
Whether the advantage thus gained by twining plants accounts for their summits being so frequently hooked, we do not know, as this structure is not very rare with plants which do not climb, and with some climbers (for instance, Vitis, Ampelopsis, Cissus, etc.