AMERICAN ARBORVITAE

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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

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Nouns denoting plants

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)

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