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arborvitae

[ahr-ber-vahy-tee]

ar·bor·vi·tae

[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.

Origin:
1655–65 for def. 1; 1790–1800 for def. 2; < Latin: tree of life
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the enclosure formed by the ribs and their connecting bones
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arborvitae

noun
any of several Asian and North American conifers of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis 
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