arborvitae
Americannoun
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any of several ornamental or timber-producing evergreen trees belonging to the genus Thuja, of the cypress family, native to North America and eastern Asia, having a scaly bark and scalelike leaves on branchlets.
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Anatomy. arbor vitae.
Etymology
Origin of arborvitae
1655–65 arborvitae for def. 1; 1790–1800 arborvitae for def. 2; < Latin: tree of life
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