thuja (redirected from thujas)

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 - 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