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a) Any of several North American or Asian conifers, of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis, grown for timber or ornament.
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arborvitae — [är΄bər vīt′ē] n. [L, lit., tree of life] 1. Bot. any of several trees or shrubs (genus Thuja) of the cypress family, with flattened sprays of scalelike leaves 2. Anat. the treelike structure of the white substance in a longitudinal section of… … English World dictionary
arborvitae — /ahr beuhr vuy tee/, n. 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.… … Universalium
arborvitae — noun any of several Asian and North American conifers of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis • Hypernyms: ↑conifer, ↑coniferous tree • Hyponyms: ↑western red cedar, ↑red cedar, ↑canoe cedar, ↑Thuja plicata, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
arborvitae — vakarinė tuja statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Kiparisinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, medieninis, vaistinis augalas (Thuja occidentalis), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. Iš jo gaunamas eterinis aliejus. atitikmenys: lot. Thuja occidentalis; Thuja… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
arborvitae — tuja statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Kiparisinių (Cupressaceae) šeimos augalų gentis (Thuja). atitikmenys: lot. Thuja angl. arborvitae; thuja vok. Lebensbaum rus. жизненное дерево; туя lenk. żywotnik; tuja … Dekoratyvinių augalų vardynas
arborvitae leaf miner — noun : the larva of a small moth (Argyresthia thuiella) that mines in the leaves of the arborvitae … Useful english dictionary
arborvitae — noun Etymology: New Latin arbor vitae, literally, tree of life Date: 1646 any of various evergreen trees and shrubs (especially genus Thuja) of the cypress family that usually have closely overlapping or compressed scale leaves and are often… … New Collegiate Dictionary
arborvitae — n. type of tree in the cypress family … English contemporary dictionary
arborvitae — ar·bor·vi·tae … English syllables
arborvitae — ar•bor•vi•tae [[t]ˌɑr bərˈvaɪ ti[/t]] n. 1) pln any of several evergreen trees of the genus Thuja, of the cypress family, having a scaly bark and scalelike leaves on branchlets 2) anat. Also, ar′bor vi′tae. a treelike longitudinal pattern formed… … From formal English to slang
