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Definition of Thuja orientalis
1. Noun. Asiatic shrub or small tree widely planted in United States and Europe; in some classifications assigned to its own genus.
Group relationships: Genus Thuja, Thuja
Generic synonyms: Arborvitae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thuja Orientalis
Literary usage of Thuja orientalis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1861)
"Its history is curious and interesting, and there must some doubt still remain
as to its being a mere sport of thuja orientalis:— THUJA PENDULA. ..."
2. The Pinetum: Being a Synopsis of All the Coniferous Plants at Present Known by George Gordon, Robert Glendinning (1858)
"thuja orientalis cupressoides, Cels. This handsome variety has a very tall,
narrow, fastigiate head, much resembling the upright Cypress in shape, ..."
3. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1856)
"Áurea, beautiful ; untouched.—Thuja variegata, untouched.—thuja orientalis,
perfectly hardy.—Thuja Siberica, perfectly hardy.—Thuja Plicata, perfectly hardy ..."
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