Arborvitae

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  • noun. Any of several North American or eastern Asian evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Thuja, having flattened branchlets with opposite, scalelike leaves and small cones. They are grown as ornamentals and for timber.
  • noun. Any similar plant of the related genera Platycladus or Thujopsis.
  • noun. The white nerve tissue of the cerebellum, which has a treelike outline in a median section.
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  • noun. Any of several North American or Asian conifers, of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis, grown for timber or ornament.
  • noun. The white nerve tissue of the cerebellum that has a branching structure.
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  • noun. any of several Asian and North American conifers of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis
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    "Then name arborvitae comes from the [[Latin]] word meaning "'' Tree of Life ''"."
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