meaning of arbor
1. A kind of latticework formed of, or covered with, vines, branches of trees, or other plants, for shade; a bower.
2. A tree, as distinguished from a shrub.
3. An axle or spindle of a wheel or opinion.
4. A mandrel in lathe turning.
5. A precipitation of silver, in a beautiful arborescent form.
6. A species of bindweed.
7. An evergreen tree of the cypress tribe, genus Thuja. The American species is the T. occidentalis.
8. The treelike disposition of the gray and white nerve tissues in the cerebellum, as seen in a vertical section.
9. a framework that supports climbing plants; "the arbor provided a shady resting place in the
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