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AMERICAN ARBORVITAE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchlets
Synonyms:
American arborvitae; northern white cedar; Thuja occidentalis; white cedar
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("American arborvitae" is a kind of...):
arborvitae (any of several Asian and North American conifers of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis)
Holonyms ("American arborvitae" is a member of...):
genus Thuja; Thuja (red cedar)