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Definition of Arborvitaes
1. arborvitae [n] - See also: arborvitae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arborvitaes
Literary usage of Arborvitaes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The MAGAZINE of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and (1860)
"... the summer season, with the outline of the figures tastefully relieved by
flowers. [Some of the new arborvitaes will be very beautiful for this purpose. ..."
2. Andorra Nurseries: Wm. Warner Harper, Proprietor, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia by William Warner Harper (1903)
"Distinct from other arborvitaes. T. occidentalis, var. filifolia. ... (Mr) The
most fastigiate of arborvitaes. A compact grower, with dense branches ..."
3. Practical Landscape Gardening: The Importance of Careful Planning, Locating by Robert B. Cridland (1920)
"The pyramidal conifers are the best suited for garden planting, and such varieties
as pyramidal Box, Biotas, arborvitaes and tall Junipers are recommended. ..."
4. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1867)
"... but the troop of robins which have been reared in the thick Norway spruces
and arborvitaes near by through the summer, always linger about us until most ..."
5. Wood and Other Organic Structural Materials by Charles Henry Snow (1917)
"... Juniperus The name Cedar was first applied to the true, foreign, or Lebanon
Cedars (Cedrus), but was later applied to certain arborvitaes (Thuya), ..."
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