arborvitae

Definitions

1. Any of several North American or Asian conifers, of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis or the species Platycladus orientalis, grown for timber or ornament.
2. The white nerve tissue of the cerebellum that has a branching structure.

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Examples

“She was at that moment just outside the door, and from the position of the Colonel, framed between the pillars at the other end⟳ of the piazza and against the dark green foliage of an arborvitae standing beyond.”

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