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Definition of American arborvitae
1. Noun. Small evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchlets.
Group relationships: Genus Thuja, Thuja
Generic synonyms: Arborvitae
Lexicographical Neighbors of American Arborvitae
Literary usage of American arborvitae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cultivated Plants: Their Propagation and Improvement by Frederick William Thomas Burbridge (1877)
"... observed to have fertilised the female organs of the American arborvitae (Thuja
... are known to have originated from seed of the American arborvitae. ..."
2. Annual Report of the State Horticultural Society of Missouri by Missouri State Horticultural Society (1900)
"For ornamental hedges, I prefer American arborvitae. ... The Scotch, Austrain
and White Pine, Red Cedar and American arborvitae make the most effective and ..."
3. The American Fruit Culturist by John Jacobs Thomas (1897)
"The Rhododendron will fertilize the Azaleas, and the Red Cedar has been made to
inoculate the American arborvitae, though both these examples are between ..."
4. Annual Report of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society for the Year by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1889)
"... White Spruce, Douglas Spruce, Colorado Blue Spruce, Hemlock Spruce, Balsam
Fir, Siberian Fir, American arborvitae (White Cedar), Golden Arborvitae, ..."
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