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arborvitae

n. 1 Any of several North American or Asian conifers, of the genera ''Thuja'', (taxlink Platycladus genus noshow=1) and (taxlink Thujopsis genus noshow=1), or the species (taxlink Platycladus orientalis species noshow=1), grown for timber or ornament. 2 (context anatomy English) The white nerve tissue of the cerebellum that has a branching structure.

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arborvitae

n. any of several Asian and North American conifers of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis

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Over in the far corner of the yard, just past the end of the line of arborvitae, I could see the shrine.

All about he had planted a dense hedge of hawthorn, cypress, and arborvitae, above which, from the vantage of a small terrace, built, under his orders, at the level of the first floor, he could see, day by day and at all hours, the white tomb of his wife, and a little ease his grief.

The snows will have abated, the arborvitae bushes in front of the college house will be covered in fresh white caps, as if Dot has kept busy in the days Camila has been gone.

She walked rapidly past a row of arborvitae that prevented anyone in the school office from seeing her--especially nosey Miss Craig, the pinched-faced attendance person--then dashed around the bus barns.

They raced around, Jennie like a black bullet shooting out of the arborvitae and through the hedge.

Christmas-like with arborvitae and poinsettia clustered around its wings.

And though few if any of the horses were familiar with arborvitae, after a bit some began to browse it.

Most of the houses were neatly maintained, though the landscaping—old birds of paradise, arborvitaes, spindly tree roses—seemed haphazard.