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Arbor vitae   Listen
noun
Arbor vitae  n.  
1.
(Bot.) An evergreen tree of the cypress tribe, genus Thuja. The American species is the Thuja occidentalis. It is commonly used as an ornamental shrub around homes.
2.
(Anat.) The treelike disposition of the gray and white nerve tissues in the cerebellum, as seen in a vertical section.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Arbor vitae" Quotes from Famous Books



... locust and cedar trees had to be felled Clive set tall arbor vitae and soft maples. He was an expensive young man where Athalie's pleasure was concerned; and as he worked there in the lovely May weather his interest and enthusiasm grew with every fresh fragrant spadeful of ...
— Athalie • Robert W. Chambers

... names, as given above. Its habit is very compact, and one of great symmetry. If the plants are set about a foot apart, and in two rows,—these rows a foot apart,—you will have a low hedge that will be as smooth as one of Arbor Vitae after the gardener has given it its annual shearing. When the bush takes on its autumnal coloring it is as showy as a plant can well be, and is always sure of attracting ...
— Amateur Gardencraft - A Book for the Home-Maker and Garden Lover • Eben E. Rexford



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