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Definition of Arbor vitae

Arbor vitae
Thuja Thu"ja, n. [NL., from Gr. ? an African tree with sweet-smelling wood.] (Bot.) A genus of evergreen trees, thickly branched, remarkable for the distichous arrangement of their branches, and having scalelike, closely imbricated, or compressed leaves. [Written also thuya.] See Thyine wood. Note: Thuja occidentalis is the Arbor vit[ae] of the Eastern and Northern United States. T. gigantea of North-waetern America is a very large tree, there called red cedar, and canoe cedar, and furnishes a useful timber.
Arbor vitae
Arbor vitae Ar"bor vi"t[ae] [L., tree of life.] 1. (Bot.) An evergreen tree of the cypress tribe, genus Thuja. The American species is the T. occidentalis. 2. (Anat.) The treelike disposition of the gray and white nerve tissues in the cerebellum, as seen in a vertical section.

Meaning of Arbor vitae from wikipedia

- The arbor vitae /ˌɑːrbɔːr ˈvaɪtiː/ (Latin for "tree of life") is the cerebellar white matter, so called for its branched, tree-like appearance. In some...
- Arbor vitae /ˌɑːrbɔːr ˈvaɪtiː/ may refer to: Arbor vitae (anatomy), white matter of the cerebellum arbor vitæ uteri, a part of the canal of the cervix...
- |title= (help) Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Arbor Vitæ" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. Stull...
- Arbor Vitae is a town in Vilas County, Wisconsin, United States. The po****tion was 3,153 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Arbor Vitae...
- Thuja occidentalis, also known as northern white-cedar, eastern white-cedar, or arborvitae, is an evergreen coniferous tree, in the cypress family Cupressaceae...
- distilled spirits Arbor vitae (disambiguation), "tree of life" De Brevitate Vitae, work of Roman philosopher Seneca Curriculum vitae or CV, summary of...
- line is attached Arbor knot, a knot commonly used to attach fishing line to a fishing reel Arbor Day, a day for planting trees Arbor vitae (disambiguation)...
- one species, Microbiota decussata (Siberian **** cypress, Russian arbor-vitae). The plant is native and endemic to a limited area of the Sikhote-Alin...
- also known as Noble F. Lee Memorial Field, is a public airport near Arbor Vitae, a town in Vilas County, Wisconsin, United States. The airport is three...
- Gaddi: frescoes in the Baroncelli Chapel; Crucifixion in the sacristy; Arbor vitae with the Last Supper in the refectory (c. 1330–40 or –60), considered...