vitex
noun
vitex is a noun meaning “Any of several species of the genus Vitex” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-I-T-E-X, and it appears about once in every 20 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of vitex is vitexes or vitices.
What does vitex mean?
noun
- 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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of vitex
- vitexes plural
- vitices plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is vitex?
Vitex appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does vitex come from?
Borrowed from translingual Vitex, from Latin vītex.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).