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thu·ja

(tho͞o′jə, thyo͞o′-)

[New Latin Thuja, arborvitae genus, from Medieval Latin thuia, sandarac, variant of Latin thya, from Greek thuā, thuiā.]

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thuja

(ˈθuːjə) or

thuya

(Plants) any of various coniferous trees of the genus Thuja, of North America and East Asia, having scalelike leaves, small cones, and an aromatic wood: family Cupressaceae. See also arbor vitae

[C18: from New Latin, from Medieval Latin thuia, ultimately from Greek thua name of an African tree]

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thu•ja

(ˈθu dʒə)

n., pl. -jas.

1. any tree of the genus Thuja, comprising the arborvitaes.

2. the wood of the sandarac tree.

[1750–60; < New Latin, Medieval Latin thuia, < Medieval Greek thuía, for Greek thýa kind of African tree]

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Thuja - red cedar

genus Thuja

gymnosperm genus - a genus of gymnosperms

Cupressaceae, cypress family, family Cupressaceae - cypresses and junipers and many cedars

canoe cedar, red cedar, Thuja plicata, western red cedar - large valuable arborvitae of northwestern United States

American arborvitae, northern white cedar, Thuja occidentalis, white cedar - small evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchlets

Oriental arborvitae, Platycladus orientalis, Thuja orientalis - Asiatic shrub or small tree widely planted in United States and Europe; in some classifications assigned to its own genus

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