arbor-, arbori-

(Latin: tree, trees)

If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees.

—Hal Borland in Beyond your Doorstep

Urban Development is cutting down trees and naming streets after them.

—Graffiti
arborvirologist (s) (noun), arborvirologists (pl)
A specialist in any one of more than 300 viruses transmitted by the saliva of insects: "An arborvirologist studies a large group of viruses transmitted by arthropods; such as, mosquitoes and ticks, that include the causative agents of encephalitis, yellow fever, and dengue."
arborvirology (s) (noun), arborvirologies (pl)
A branch of virology that deals with the branch of microbiology that deals with the study of viruses (submicroscopic infectious organisms) and viral diseases (microorganism that causes many common human infections).
arborvirus, arbovirus

What's in a name? Although arbor sounds as if it should have something to do with trees, it doesn't. It comes from the first two letters of arthropod + the first three letters of borne. Arborviruses are transmitted (borne) to humans by mosquitoes and ticks (arthropods).

Since the name Arborvirus proved too clever by far; the spelling had to be replaced by Arbovirus, dropping the second "r" because of the potential of misidentification with trees. The first two letters of each word, arthropod' and borne, became the arbo that now associates this category of viruses with arthropods.

—MedicineNet.com; www.medterms.com (with a few stylistic changes)
arbuscle, arbuscula
A dwarf tree, one in size between a shrub and a tree; a treelike shrub.
cervical mucus arborization
The occurrence of a fernlike pattern when uterine cervix mucus is allowed to dry for ten minutes on a glass slide and is then examined microscopically.

It is indicative of the presence of estrogen, which alters the concentration of sodium chloride in the mucus.

Fructu non foliis arborem aestima.
Judge a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.

Another version is, "Judge by results, not by appearances."

Serit arbores quae saeclo prosint alteri.
He plants trees to be useful to another generation.
—Caecilius Statius (c.219-166 B.C.)
Velut arbor aevo.
May the tree thrive.

Motto of the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

From the University of Toronto's Web site: "The form of the crest as it exists today, was adopted by the University of Toronto in 1917 when the Board of Governors of the University, on account of the many incorrect forms in common use, applied to the College of Heralds for a correct emblazoning of the Arms of the University of Toronto and of University College.

The motto velut arbor aevo is generally translated "As a tree in the passage of time" in the University's motto.