Pinta vs Pita - What's the difference?
pinta | pita |
A human skin disease endemic to Mexico, Central America, and South America, caused by infection with a spirochete, Treponema pallidum carateum , which is morphologically and serologically indistinguishable from the organism that causes syphilis.
A fiber obtained from the and related species, used for making cordage and paper.
The plant which yields the fiber.
(Webster 1913)
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