Definition of Thuja plicata

1. Noun. Large valuable arborvitae of northwestern United States.

Exact synonyms: Canoe Cedar, Red Cedar, Western Red Cedar
Group relationships: Genus Thuja, Thuja
Generic synonyms: Arborvitae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thuja Plicata

Thrinax parviflora
Thripidae
Thrips tobaci
Throne Speech
Through-hole technologies
Through-hole technology
Thryothorus
Thryothorus ludovicianus
Thu
Thuban
Thucydides
Thuggee
Thuggees
Thuja occidentalis
Thuja orientalis
Thuja plicata (current term)
Thujopsis
Thujopsis dolobrata
Thulean
Thumbelina
Thunbergia
Thunbergia alata
Thunder Bay
Thunderbird
Thunderbirds
Thunderer
Thunnus
Thunnus alalunga
Thunnus albacares

Literary usage of Thuja plicata

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1909)
"IW Bran- del obtained from the leaves of the red cedar (Thuja plicata, ... Oil from the Leaves of Thuja plicata (Red Cedar)—Yield and Composition from ..."

2. Plant Indicators: The Relation of Plant Communities to Process and Practice by Frederic Edward Clements (1920)
"Tsuga heterophylla and Chamaecyparis nootkatensis extend nearly as far, reaching Prince William Sound, while Thuja plicata is found in southern Alaska and ..."

3. The MAGAZINE of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and (1868)
"Is there a Thuja plicata in the nurseries? Is there also a Thuja Lobbii of Hort. from England ? ... If there is a Thuja plicata wo have never seen it. ..."

4. Biochemical Bulletin by Columbia University (1912)
"The Leaf-Oil of the Washington Cedar (Thuja plicata) ROBERT ... Steam distillation at 100°, of the leaves and twigs of Thuja plicata produced about i per ..."

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