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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arborvitae

noun
any of several Asian and North American conifers of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis 
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Arborvitae is always a great word to know.
So is umbilical cord. Does it mean:
a cord connecting the embryo or fetus with the placenta of the mother and transporting nourishment from the mother and wastes from the fetus
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera
Example sentences
Better yet, replace the arborvitae with leafy plants.
Branches of pyramidal arborvitae, for example, tend to pull away from the trunk
  and stay that way for months after a snow storm.
The leaves are small and flat, resembling evergreen shrubs such as arborvitae.
Take special care to clean out dead leaves from arborvitae next to buildings.
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