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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 genusplay

  Familiarity information: ORIENTAL ARBORVITAE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ORIENTAL ARBORVITAE (noun)


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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