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Definition of Thuja
1. Noun. Red cedar.
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
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Thuja
Literary usage of Thuja
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by John Henry Clarke (1902)
"thuja ix was now given. The growth stopped immediately ; ulceration ceased ; the
pain ... 387) relates a case of persistent cough cured with thuja. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by John Henry Clarke (1902)
"Hering gives this as the action of thuja (i) on the fluids : " dissolution of
fluids of the body, which become acrid, probably caused by thuja perverting ..."
3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"thuja orientalis var. decussata.—R. squarrosa, Sieb. dk Zucc. ... thuja Leaves
opposite, leathery, entire and emarginate; stipules small and caducous: fls. ..."
4. The Hahnemannian Monthly (1921)
"The discovery of a process whereby our line of thuja preparations has been much
improved, has resulted in the addition of another, very desirable thuja ..."
5. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1859)
"that Nuttall's Thu. gigantea is really figured by him in Michaux as thuja Menziesii,
and partly Tim. Plicata ; now in the Traité General des ..."
6. A Manual of Pharmacodynamics by Richard Hughes (1870)
"It is the thuja occidentalis. Our tincture is prepared from the young shoots.
The original proving of thuja is in the '.Mat. Med. Pura. ..."
7. Plant Indicators: The Relation of Plant Communities to Process and Practice by Frederic Edward Clements (1920)
"thuja-TSUGA FORMATION. Nature.—The Cosst climax of the Northwest is a coniferous
forest of unrivaled magnificence. The mature trees are very tall, ..."
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