Main Entry: ar·bor·vi·tae

Pronunciation: \ˌär-bər-ˈvī-tē\

Function: 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