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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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Example Sentences

Giant arborvitae trees flank Maude’s Garden on Seattle’s First Hill, muffling the hum of city traffic for this tiny therapeutic oasis.

Q: I have a boundary row of 50 arborvitae.

Q: I have four arborvitae that have died or are in the dying phase.

Limiting the number of upright limbs on an evergreen such as arborvitae leaves fewer to break off, and a narrower top to better shed snow.

People who crave quick evergreen screening seem to be turning less to the problem-prone Leyland cypress in favor of the arborvitae Green Giant, a better plant but suffering now from overuse.

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