arborvitae

Definitions of arborvitae

1. noun

   any of several Asian and North American conifers of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis
   types:

   Thuja plicata, canoe cedar, red cedar, western red cedar

   large valuable arborvitae of northwestern United States

   American arborvitae, Thuja occidentalis, northern white cedar, 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

   Thujopsis dolobrata, hiba arborvitae

   slow-growing medium-large Japanese evergreen used as an ornamental

   type of:

   conifer, coniferous tree

   any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones