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THUJA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Thuja mean?
• THUJA (noun)
The noun THUJA has 1 sense:
1. red cedar
Familiarity information: THUJA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Red cedar
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Thuja; Thuja
Hypernyms ("Thuja" is a kind of...):
gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)
Meronyms (members of "Thuja"):
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)
Holonyms ("Thuja" is a member of...):
Cupressaceae; cypress family; family Cupressaceae (cypresses and junipers and many cedars)
Context examples
The oil extracted from the foliage and wood of various conifers, especially Thuja occidentalis.
(Cedar Leaf Oil, NCI Thesaurus)
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