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ar⋅bor⋅vi⋅tae

  [ahr-ber-vahy-tee]
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–noun
1. any of several ornamental or timber-producing evergreen trees belonging to the genus Thuja, of the cypress family, native to North America and eastern Asia, having a scaly bark and scalelike leaves on branchlets.
2. Anatomy. arbor vitae.
Origin:
1655–65 for def. 1; 1790–1800 for def. 2; < L: tree of life
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ar·bor·vi·tae also ar·bor vi·tae   (är'bər-vī'tē)   


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n.  

    1. Any of several North American or eastern Asian evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Thuja, having flattened branchlets with opposite, scalelike leaves and small cones. They are grown as ornamentals and for timber.

    2. Any similar plant of the genus Platycladus or Thujopsis. Also called thuja.

  2. Anatomy The white nerve tissue of the cerebellum, which has a treelike outline in a median section.


[From New Latin arbor vītae, tree of life : Latin arbor, tree + Latin vītae, genitive of vīta, life; see vital.]
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