Translingual

Vitex agnus-castus

Proper noun

Vitex f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – certain flowering plants, some called chaste tree.

Usage notes

Vitex was previously placed within family Verbenaceae, but phylogenetic studies prompted a move to Lamiaceae.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Lamiales - order; Lamiaceae - family; Viticoideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Vitex agnus-castus - type species; Vitex acuminata, Vitex acunae, Vitex ajugaeflora, Vitex altissima, Vitex amaniensis, Vitex camporum, Vitex capitata, Vitex cofassus, Vitex cooperi, Vitex cymosa, Vitex divaricata, Vitex doniana, Vitex evoluta, Vitex eylesii, Vitex gaumeri, Vitex gigantea, Vitex glabrata, Vitex grandifolia, Vitex harveyana, Vitex heptaphylla, Vitex incisa, Vitex keniensis, Vitex kuylenii, Vitex lehmbachii, Vitex leucoxylon, Vitex lignum-vitae, Vitex lindenii, Vitex longisepala, Vitex lucens, Vitex megapotamica, Vitex mollis, Vitex negundo, Vitex orinocensis, Vitex parviflora, Vitex peduncularis, Vitex pinnata, Vitex polygama, Vitex pooara, Vitex pseudolea, Vitex pseudonegundo, Vitex quinata, Vitex rehmannii, Vitex rotundifolia, Vitex taruma, Vitex triflora, Vitex trifolia, Vitex urceolata, Vitex yaundensis, Vitex zanzibarensis, Vitex zeyheri (other species)

English

Noun

vitex ‎(usually uncountable, plural vitexes)

1. Any of several species of the genus Vitex.
2. Especially, Vitex rotundifolia, native to Pacific seashores in Asia and Oceania, widely introduced in similar environments.

Synonyms

• (Vitex rotundifolia): beach vitex

Latin

Etymology

Of Proto-Indo-European origin. Related to vieō and vītis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwiː.teks/

Noun

vītex f ‎(genitive vīticis); third declension

1. chaste tree, Vitex agnus-castus (a small Mediterranean tree)

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

• English: vitex
• Italian: vetrice
• Romanian: vetrice
• Translingual: Vitex

References

• vitex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “vitex”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.