arborvitae
[ ahr-ber-vahy-tee ]
/ ˌɑr bərˈvaɪ ti /
noun
any of several ornamental or timber-producing evergreen trees belonging to the genus Thuja, of the cypress family, native to North America and eastern Asia, having a scaly bark and scalelike leaves on branchlets.
Anatomy.
arbor vitae.
Origin of arborvitae
1655–65
for def 1; 1790–1800
for def 2; < Latin: tree of life