Arborvitae Definition

ärbərvītē
noun
Any of several trees or shrubs (genus Thuja) of the cypress family, with flattened sprays of scalelike leaves.
Webster's New World
The treelike structure of the white substance in a longitudinal section of the cerebellum.
Webster's New World
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.
American Heritage Medicine
Any similar plant of the related genera Platycladus or Thujopsis.
American Heritage Medicine
The white nerve tissue of the cerebellum, which has a treelike outline in a median section.
American Heritage Medicine

Other Word Forms of Arborvitae

Noun

Singular:
arborvitae
Plural:
arborvitaes

Origin of Arborvitae

  • From New Latin arbor vītae tree of life Latin arbor tree Latin vītae genitive of vīta life vital

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • from Latin arbor, tree, and vitae, of life.

    From Wiktionary

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