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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Arbor \Ar"bor\, n. [OE. herber, herbere properly a garden of herbs, F. herbier fr L. herbarium. See {Herb}, and cf {Herbarium}.] A kind of latticework formed of or covered with vines, branches of trees, or other plants, for shade; a bower. --Sir P. Sidney. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Arbor \Ar"bor\, n. [Written also arbour.] [L., a tree, a beam.] 1. (Bot.) A tree, as distinguished from a shrub. 2. [Cf. F. arbre.] (Mech.) a An axle or spindle of a wheel or opinion. b A mandrel in lathe turning. --Knight. {Arbor Day}, a day appointed for planting trees and shrubs. [U.S.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: arbor n 1: any of various shafts that rotate or serve as axes for larger rotating parts [syn: {spindle}, {mandrel}, {mandril}] 2: supports climbing plants [syn: {arbour}, {bower}, {pergola}]
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