arbor vitaeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

arbor vitae ‎(複数形 arbor vitae または arbor vitaes または arbores vitae)

1. Any of the evergreen trees and shrubs known as arborvitae, of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis, or of the species Platycladus orientalis.
   • 1882, Annual Report of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society, page 27:

     Next spring the owner of the hedge will be very much surprised to find a number of his arbor vitae deceased, and he will straightway blame himself and his horse? Not he! The nurseyman, sir, must have delivered him some poor stock!

2. (anatomy) White matter of the cerebellum.

   connected to fibres of the arbor vitae and to divaricating axons

派生語

• arbor vitae uteri

参考

• arbor vitae on Wikipedia.
• Thuja on Wikipedia.

語源

From Latin arbor (“tree”) +‎ vitae (“of life”).

発音

• (General American)
  • IPA^(key): /ˌɑɹbɚˈvaɪti/, [ˌɑɹbɚˈvaɪɾi], (カナダ用法 raising) [ˌɑɹbɚˈvəɪɾi]
  • IPA^(key): /ˌɑɹbɚˈvaɪtə/

名詞

arborvitae (複数形 arborvitaes)

1. Any of several North American or Asian conifers, of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis or the species Platycladus orientalis, grown for timber or ornament.
2. (anatomy) The white nerve tissue of the cerebellum that has a branching structure.