ar•bor•vi•tae
We found 4 definitions of arborvitae from 3 different sources.
NounPlural: arborvitaes |
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arborvitae - any of several Asian and North American conifers of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis | ||
conifer, coniferous tree any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones | ||
canoe cedar, thuja plicata, western red cedar, red cedar large valuable arborvitae of northwestern United States | ||
american arborvitae, northern white cedar, thuja occidentalis, white cedar small evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchlets | ||
oriental arborvitae, platycladus orientalis, thuja orientalis Asiatic shrub or small tree widely planted in United States and Europe; in some classifications assigned to its own genus |