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arborvitae
/ˌɑɹbɚˈvaɪti/
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What does arborvitae mean?
noun
- Any of several North American or Asian conifers, of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis or the species Platycladus orientalis, grown for timber or ornament.
- The white nerve tissue of the cerebellum that has a branching structure.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌɑɹbɚˈvaɪti/
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/ˌɑɹbɚˈvaɪtə/
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The arbutus are scarce a crown apiece, but they are very beautiful: the lignumvitae I would not recommend to you; they stink abominably if you touch them, and never make a handsome tree: The Chinese arborvitae is very beautiful.
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.