arbor vitae
See also: arborvitae
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin arbor (“tree”) + vitae, genitive singular of vita (“life”).
Noun edit
arbor vitae (plural arbor vitae or arbor vitaes or arbores vitae)
- Any of the evergreen trees and shrubs known as arborvitae, of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis, or of the species Platycladus orientalis.
- 1882, Annual Report of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society, page 27:
- Next spring the owner of the hedge will be very much surprised to find a number of his arbor vitae deceased, and he will straightway blame himself and his horse? Not he! The nurseyman, sir, must have delivered him some poor stock!
- (anatomy) White matter of the cerebellum.
- connected to fibres of the arbor vitae and to divaricating axons
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
white matter of the cerebellum
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See also edit
- arbor vitae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Thuja on Wikipedia.Wikipedia