ARBORVITAE


Meaning of ARBORVITAE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌär-bər-ˈvī-tē ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin arbor vitae, literally, tree of life

Date: 1646

: any of various evergreen trees and shrubs (especially genus Thuja ) of the cypress family that usually have closely overlapping or compressed scale leaves and are often grown for ornament and in hedges

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.