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thu·ja  (thj, thy-)

n.

See arborvitae.

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[New Latin Thuja, arborvitae genus, from Medieval Latin thuia, cedar, from Greek thui.]

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thuja, thuya [ˈθuːjə]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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

[from New Latin, from Medieval Latin thuia, ultimately from Greek thua name of an 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