arborvitae
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.
Anatomy. arbor vitae.
Origin of arborvitae
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a treelike appearance in a vertical section of the cerebellum, due to the arrangement of the white and gray nerve tissues.
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How to use arborvitae in a sentence
All the rest of the conifers have pendent cones, except the small-fruited cypresses and arbor-vitaes.
Trees Worth Knowing | Julia Ellen RogersIts nearest relatives are the arbor-vitaes, sequoias, and the bald cypress of the South.
Trees Worth Knowing | Julia Ellen Rogers
British Dictionary definitions for arbor vitae
/ (ˈɑːbɔː ˈviːtaɪ, ˈvaɪtiː) /
any of several Asian and North American evergreen coniferous trees of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis, esp Thuja occidentalis, having tiny scalelike leaves and egglike cones: See also red cedar
Origin of arbor vitae
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