/ahr'beuhr vuy"tee/ , n.
1. any of several ornamental or timber-producing evergreen trees belonging to the genus Thuja, of the cypress family, native to North America and eastern Asia, having a scaly bark and scalelike leaves on branchlets.
2. Anat. See arbor vitae .
[ 1655-65 for def. 1; 1790-1800 for def. 2; ]