Definition of Genus Thuja

1. Noun. Red cedar.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Thuja

genus Thamnophis
genus Thelypteris
genus Theobroma
genus Thermobia
genus Thermopsis
genus Thespesia
genus Thevetia
genus Thielavia
genus Thiobacillus
genus Thlaspi
genus Thomomys
genus Threskiornis
genus Thrinax
genus Thrips
genus Thryothorus
genus Thuja (current term)
genus Thujopsis
genus Thunbergia
genus Thunnus
genus Thylacinus
genus Thylogale
genus Thymus
genus Thyrsopteris
genus Thysanocarpus
genus Tiarella
genus Tibicen
genus Tichodroma
genus Tilapia
genus Tilia
genus Tillandsia

Literary usage of Genus Thuja

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

1. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"Closely allied to the genus Thuja ¡a Callitris. ... The genus Thuja, like many other forms of conifers, is represented by ancestral forms in cretaceous ..."

2. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Ephraim Chambers (1870)
"See CYPRESS. The timber is highly esteemed, and an infusion of the scrapings is sometimes used as » stomachic.—Closely allied to the genus Thuja U Cal- ..."

3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"See CYPRESS. The timber is highly esteemed, and an infusion of the scrapings is sometimes used as a stomachic.—Closely allied to the genus Thuja is ..."

4. The Testimony of the Rocks: Or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two by Hugh Miller (1867)
"... type wo mark the first appearance in this system, in at least Scotland, of the genus Thuja. ..."

5. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1854)
"It differs from the genus Thuja in having the scales of the female catkins constantly from 4 to 6, all opening like the valves of a regular pericarp; ..."

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