arbor vine

A species of bind-weed. (Johnson.) arbor vitse. [ lit. = the tree of life.] 1. Bot . A name given to the trees belonging to the coniferous genus Thuja. T. occidental is , or American Arbor Vitæ, is a well-known and valued evergreen found in British gardens. 286 In Upper Canada it rises to the height of a timber, though with us it is only a shrub. 2. Anat .: A dendriform arrangement which appears in the medulla of the brain when the cerebellum is cut through vertically. tar-bor-a-ry, a. [Lat. arborarius = pertaining to trees.) Pertaining to a tree or trees. ARBOREAL is now the more common word.