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arborvitae

[ ahr-ber-vahy-tee ]

noun

  1. 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.
  2. Anatomy. arbor vitae.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of arborvitae1

1655–65 arborvitae fordef 1; 1790–1800 arborvitae fordef 2; < Latin: tree of life

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