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ORIENTAL ARBORVITAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Oriental arborvitae mean?
• ORIENTAL ARBORVITAE (noun)
The noun ORIENTAL ARBORVITAE has 1 sense:
1. Asiatic shrub or small tree widely planted in United States and Europe; in some classifications assigned to its own genus
Familiarity information: ORIENTAL ARBORVITAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Asiatic shrub or small tree widely planted in United States and Europe; in some classifications assigned to its own genus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Oriental arborvitae; Platycladus orientalis; Thuja orientalis
Hypernyms ("Oriental arborvitae" is a kind of...):
arborvitae (any of several Asian and North American conifers of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis)
Holonyms ("Oriental arborvitae" is a member of...):
genus Thuja; Thuja (red cedar)
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