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arbor vitae
Variant of arborvitae
noun
- Bot. any of several trees or shrubs (genus Thuja) of the cypress family, with flattened sprays of scalelike leaves
- Anat. the treelike structure of the white substance in a longitudinal section of the cerebellum
Also, esp. for arborvitaesense , arbor vitae
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