ar·bor·vi·tae also ar·bor vi·tae (är b r-v  t )n. 1. a. 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. b. 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 v tae, tree of life : Latin arbor, tree + Latin vtae, genitive of vta, life; see vital.] |   American arborvitae Thuja occidentalis |
arbor vitae [ˈɑːbɔː ˈviːtaɪ ˈvaɪtiː]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several Asian and North American evergreen coniferous trees of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis, esp Thuja occidentalis, having tiny scalelike leaves and egglike cones See also red cedar
[from New Latin, literally: tree of life]
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