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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