Thuja
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Thuja occidentalis, the arborvitae.
See also: thuja
Translingual
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Etymology
Irregular representation of Ancient Greek θυία (thuía), θύα (thúa), the name of an African tree now designated Tetraclinis articulata and known in English as the arar tree.
Proper noun
Thuja f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cupressaceae – thujas, coniferous trees in the cypress family.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; Pinopsida - class; Pinidae - subclass; Pinales - order; Cupressaceae - family; Cupressoideae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Thuja occidentalis (northern whitecedar) - type species; Thuja koraiensis (Korean thuja), Thuja plicata (western redcedar), Thuja standishii (Japanese thuja), Thuja sutchuenensis (Sichuan thuja) - other species
Derived terms
References
Thuja on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Thuja on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Thuja on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
