arbor vitaen.
/ˌɑːbɔː ˈvʌɪtiː/ 1.
a. Botany. Popular name of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Thuja, family Coniferæ.
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cedarc1000
cedar-treec1000
fir-cedar1601
white cedar1654
arbor vitae1664
Thuya1707
thuja1764
American arbor vitae1785
Honduras cedar1799
Cedrela1832
kawaka1832
deodar1842
stinking cedar1866
stinking yew1866
Alaska cedar1874
1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1812) II. 40 This tree [Thuya] by some called Arbor Vitæ..is of a hardy green all the winter.
1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. 81 In some ambiguous trees (as the arbor vitæ) there is no proper stem to the outer leaves.
b. American arbor vitae n. Thuja occidentalis.
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cedarc1000
cedar-treec1000
fir-cedar1601
white cedar1654
arbor vitae1664
Thuya1707
thuja1764
American arbor vitae1785
Honduras cedar1799
Cedrela1832
kawaka1832
deodar1842
stinking cedar1866
stinking yew1866
Alaska cedar1874
1785 H. Marshall Arbustrum Americanum 152 Thuja adorata. American sweet-scented Arbor Vitæ.
1892 A. C. Apgar Trees Northern U.S. 194 American Arbor-Vitæ..Wild north, and extensively cultivated throughout under more than a score of named varieties.
1903 T. J. Dwyer Guide Hardy Fruits & Ornamentals 114 Thuya, Occidentalis (American Arbor Vitae).—One of the most desirable evergreen hedge plants, of every attractive appearance.
1975 Bennington (Vermont) Banner 30 Jan. 4/7 One hardy dwarf of the American arbor vitæ will have gray-green tints and a browner tint in winter.
2. Physiology. The arborescent appearance of a longitudinal section of the cerebellum.
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the world > life > the body > nervous system > cerebrospinal axis > brain > parts of brain > [noun] > cerebellum > parts of
lobe1672
arbor vitae1800
nodule1839
amygdala1845
nodulus1848
uvula1848
roof nucleus1872
prepeduncle1886
declive1889
postpeduncle1889
archicerebellum1937
1800 Carlisle in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 91 142 The intermixture of the cortical and medullary substances form the appearance called Arbor vitæ.
1880 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon
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