arborvitae
nounHow many syllables in arborvitae?
There are 4 syllables in the word arborvitae.How to pronounce arborvitae:
Definition of arborvitae:
- arborvitae (noun):
- noun. any of several Asian and North American conifers of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis.
- any of various evergreen trees and shrubs (especially genus thuja) of the cypress family that usually have closely overlapping or compressed scale leaves and are often grown for ornament and in hedges
Synonyms for arborvitae:
american arborvitae
canoe cedar
conifer
hiba arborvitae
northern white cedar
oriental arborvitae
platycladus orientalis
red cedar
thuja occidentalis
thuja orientalis
thuja plicata
thujopsis dolobrata
western red cedar
white cedar
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