Thuja

See also: thuja

Translingual

Thuja occidentalis, the arborvitae.

Alternative forms

• Thuia (obsolete)
• Thuya (obsolete)

Etymology

Irregular representation of Ancient Greek θυία (thuía), θύα (thúa), the name of an African tree now designated Tetraclinis articulata and known in English as the arar tree.

Proper noun

Thuja f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cupressaceae – thujas, coniferous trees in the cypress family.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; Pinopsida - class; Pinidae - subclass; Pinales - order; Cupressaceae - family; Cupressoideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Thuja koraiensis, Thuja occidentalis, Thuja plicata, Thuja standishii, Thuja sutchuenensis - species

References

• Thuja on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Thuja on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Thuja on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons