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Meaning of ARBOR VITAE

 
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ar"bor vi"t[ae]\ [L., tree of life.]
1. (Bot.) An evergreen tree of the cypress tribe, genus
   {Thuja}. The American species is the {T. occidentalis}.
2. (Anat.) The treelike disposition of the gray and white
   nerve tissues in the cerebellum, as seen in a vertical
   section.
 

 

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