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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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