Thuja definitions

Thuja

1) Garden plant 2) Genus thuja 3) Gymnosperm genus 4) Red cedar 5) Tree of pine family
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Thuja (ə {respell|THEW|jə}) is a genus of coniferous trees in the Cupressaceae (cypress family). There are five species in the genus, two native to North America and three native to eastern Asia. The genus is monophyletic and sister to Thujopsis. They are commonly known as arborvitaes (from Latin for tree of life) or thujas; several species are ...
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Thuja

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

(Arborvitae, Northern White Cedar, Swamp Cedar) These evergreen trees are found wild in North America, Korea, Japan and China. They are very pretty trees and are hardy in most parts of North America where the soil is suitable and atmospheric conditions are fairly clean. The leaves of this tree, also known as Arborvitae, Northern White Cedar, and Sw...
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thuja

<botany> 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 Amer...
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thuja

(thu´jә) the fresh tops of Thuja occidentalis (arbor vitae); used in some topical dermatologic preparations and also in homeopathy.
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Thuja

Thu'ja noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... an African tree with sweet-smelling wood.] (Botany) A genus of evergreen trees, thickly branched, remarkable for the distichous arrangement of their branches, and having scalelike, closely imbricated, or compressed leaves. [ Written also thuya ...
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thuja

Type: Term Pronunciation: thū′jă, -yă Definitions: 1. The fresh tops of Thuja occidentalis (family Pinaceae), an ornamental evergreen tree of eastern North America, a source of cedar leaf oil; has been used internally as an expectorant, emmenagogue, and anthelmintic, and externally as a mild counterirritant. Synonyms: thuya &nb...
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