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THUJA
Thuja, genus Thuja
(noun) red cedar
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
thuja (plural thujas)
A tree of the genus Thuja.
Hypernyms
• arborvitae, cypress
Source: Wiktionary
Thu"ja, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of evergreen trees, thickly branched, remarkable for the distichous arrangement of their branches, and having scalelike, closely imbricated, or compressed leaves. [Written also thuya.] See Thyine wood.
Note: Thuja occidentalis is the Arbor vitæ of the Eastern and Northern United States. T. gigantea of North-waetern America is a very large tree, there called red cedar, and canoe cedar, and furnishes a useful timber.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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