arbor
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: a shelter of vines or branches or of latticework covered with climbing shrubs or vines
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1 : a spindle or axle of a wheel
2 : a main shaft or beam
3 : a shaft on which a revolving cutting tool is mounted
4 : a spindle on a cutting machine that holds the work to be cut
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: tree arboriculture
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Kids Definition of arbor
: a shelter shaped like an arch over which vines grow
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Medical Definition of arbor
: a branching anatomical structure resembling a tree
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