pita
USPEE-tuh/ˈpiːtə/UKPIT-uh/ˈpɪtə/
- 1A round, flat bread that can open into a pocket and hold fillings like meat or salad.
Like a soft bread pocket you can fill with food.
She stuffed the warm pita with grilled chicken and chopped salad.
We toasted some pita and dipped it in hummus before dinner.
- 2SayPEE-tuh/ˈpiːtə/A strong plant fiber from the agave, used to make rope and paper.
Like the tough threads inside a plant that you can twist into rope.
The villagers wove pita into strong rope for their fishing nets.
Workers can press pita into a coarse but durable paper.
- 3SayPEE-tuh/ˈpiːtə/The agave plant that gives a strong fiber used to make rope and paper.
A single pita can grow for many years before it flowers once and dies.
Farmers harvest the thick leaves of the pita to extract its fiber.
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Origins
Meaning 1
From Greek píta, meaning "pie."
Meanings 2–3
Borrowed from Spanish pita, meaning "century plant."