noun
Asiatic shrub or small tree widely planted in United States and Europe; in some classifications assigned to its own genus
• Syn: ↑Thuja orientalis, ↑Platycladus orientalis
• Hypernyms: ↑arborvitae
• Member Holonyms: ↑Thuja, ↑genus Thuja
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nounUsage: usually capitalized O
: an Asiatic shrub or small tree (Thuja orientalis) having branchlets in vertical planes — compare american arborvitae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.