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 occidentalis (northern whitecedar) - type species; Thuja koraiensis (Korean thuja), Thuja plicata (western redcedar), Thuja standishii (Japanese thuja), Thuja sutchuenensis (Sichuan thuja) - other species

Derived terms

• Thujopsis

References

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