Definition of Thuja

1. Noun. Red cedar.

Exact synonyms: Genus Thuja
Generic synonyms: Gymnosperm Genus
Group relationships: Cupressaceae, Cypress Family, Family Cupressaceae
Member holonyms: Canoe Cedar, Red Cedar, Thuja Plicata, Western Red Cedar, American Arborvitae, Northern White Cedar, Thuja Occidentalis, White Cedar, Oriental Arborvitae, Platycladus Orientalis, Thuja Orientalis

Definition of Thuja

1. n. A genus of evergreen trees, thickly branched, remarkable for the distichous arrangement of their branches, and having scalelike, closely imbricated, or compressed leaves.

Definition of Thuja

1. Noun. A tree of the genus ''Thuja''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Thuja

1. an evergreen tree or shrub [n -S]

Medical Definition of Thuja

1. A genus of evergreen trees, thickly branched, remarkable for the distichous arrangement of their branches, and having scalelike, closely imbricated, or compressed leaves. Alternative forms: thuya See Thyine wood. Thuja occidentalis is the Arbor vitae of the Eastern and Northern United States. T. Gigantea of North-waetern America is a very large tree, there called red cedar, and canoe cedar, and furnishes a useful timber. Thuja oil. Cedar leaf oil. Thujone. N. An oil, C10H16O, the chief constituent of cedar leaf oil. A stimulant similar to camphor. Also called thujol, thuyol, absinthol, thuyone, tanacetol, tanacetone. Origin: NL, from Gr. An African tree with sweet-smelling wood. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thuja

thuggery
thugging
thuggish
thuggishly
thuggishness
thuggism
thuggisms
thuggo
thuggos
thuggy
thuglike
thugocracies
thugocracy
thugs
thugz
thuja (current term)
thuja oil
thujas
thujin
thujol
thujone
thujones
thulia
thulian
thulias
thulite
thulites
thulium
thuliums

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