THUJA OCCIDENTALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Thuja occidentalis mean? 

• THUJA OCCIDENTALIS (noun)
  The noun THUJA OCCIDENTALIS has 1 sense:

1. small evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchlets

  Familiarity information: THUJA OCCIDENTALIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THUJA OCCIDENTALIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchlets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American arborvitae; northern white cedar; Thuja occidentalis; white cedar

Hypernyms ("Thuja occidentalis" is a kind of...):

arborvitae (any of several Asian and North American conifers of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis)

Holonyms ("Thuja occidentalis" is a member of...):

genus Thuja; Thuja (red cedar)

 Context examples 

The oil extracted from the foliage and wood of various conifers, especially Thuja occidentalis.

(Cedar Leaf Oil, NCI Thesaurus)