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noun any of several Asian and North American conifers of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis
originFrom Latin arbor (“tree”) + vitae (“of life”), literally “tree of life”, probably referring to the evergreen leaves. The anatomical sense from the branched, tree-like appearance of the tissue.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0